A RARE CAUSE OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL CYSTIC LESION: MESENTERIC CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA

Lymphangiomas are the benign cystic masses that resulted from the proliferation of lymp-hatic vessels due to lymphatic blockage in the lymphatic system. Usually localized in the axil-la and neck and often encountered in the pe-diatric age group. Abdominal lymphangiomas in the differential diagnosis of mesenteric cysts are very rare lesions and often localized in the small bowel mesentery. It presented with dif-ferent symptoms depending on the size and location of the cyst. In the literature, less than of 200 cases of abdominal lymphangioma have been reported in all age groups. In this article, we aim to present the case of mesenteric ab-dominal cystic lymphangioma which inciden-tally detected during a routine gynecological examination