A Case of a 4-Year-Old Boy with a Mesenteric Chylous Cyst Infected with Histoplasma capsulatum.
- Resource Type
- Case Study
- Authors
- Kweyamba, Vianney; Apiyo, Mirraim; Olika, Biratu; Kituuka, Olivia
- Source
- Case Reports in Surgery. 1/6/2016, p1-4. 4p.
- Subject
- *LYMPHATIC diseases
*CYSTS (Pathology)
*SURGERY
*CHYLE
*HISTOPLASMA capsulatum
*LYMPHANGIOMAS
*THERAPEUTICS
- Language
- ISSN
- 2090-6900
Mesenteric cysts are uncommon entities and chyle- (lymph-) containing cysts are the rarest of this group. This is a case report of a 4-year-old boy with a mesenteric chylous cyst who was later found to have Histoplasma capsulatum infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]