망낭종(Omental Cyst) 일례

Abstract

A case of omental cyst in a 3 1/2 year old boy is presented, who has experienced recurrent episodes of bloody ascites and abdominal distension. The preoperative proper diagnosis was reached by ultrasonography, which showed septated fluid collection anterior to intestine, and by direct injection of radio-opaque dye into cystic cavity to differentiate multilocular cyst from ascites. Its operative and pathological findings are also described with brief review of literature on omental cyst,