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Figure 1: CT scan, saggital section showing huge unilocular cystic abdominal mass.
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This showed a large cystic mass occupying almost whole of the abdomen and located under anterior abdominal wall with viscera pushed posteriorly (Fig. 1,2).
Figure 3: Operative view of chylous cyst.
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On opening peritoneum a huge lymphatic cyst was found (Fig. 3).
Figure 4: Stretched out leaves of mesentery following drainage of fluid.
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It was found between leaves of transverse colon mesentery and extending into its root (Fig. 4).