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(A) Axial and (B) coronal CT images demonstrating a cystic mass in close relation to mesenteric vessels and extending into the jejunal mesentery.
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Preoperative computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen (Fig. 1) showed a 5.0-cm-diameter intraabdominal, homogenous cystic lesion containing surface formation with an enhanced capsule located on the mesentery of the small intestine.
An intraoperative image demonstrating cyst deriving from the jejunal mesentery before (A)and after (B) complete excision.
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It was a thick-walled structure and fixed in the mesentery with mesenteric vessels of attachment (Fig. 2).
Completely excised 5-cm-diameter mesenteric cyst.
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The wall of the cyst was found to be fibrous with a histology consistent with chronic inflammation (Fig. 3, Fig. 4).