Mesenteric cyst: drained and marsupialised laparoscopically avoiding enterectomy

A 61-year-old man attended the outpatient department with vague abdominal discomfort associated with left flank pain. After investigation he was diagnosed with a symptomatic mesenteric cyst. US scan (figure 1) of the abdomen revealed a 20×14×25 thin-walled peritoneal cyst. The cyst was laying between the spleen and the anterior aspect of the left kidney. The origin of the cyst not identified. CT scan (figure 2) confirmed the presence of a 25.7×14×20 cm cystic …