ABSTRACT
Background: Abdominal masses are often incidentally discovered by a parent while bathing the child, palpated unexpectedly on routine physical examination, or detected on abdominal imaging. Aim: The objective of the present study was to observe intra-abdominal tumors in children less than 12 year. Materials and methods: Total 17 intra-abdominal tumors of both sexes under 12 years of age was collected and analyzes to determine the various types of intra-abdominal tumors in relation to age and sex. Study was done for a period of 4 years. Results: 1 to 5 years are more common pediatric age group with tumors in abdomen with 52.7%. Age under 5 years age group with 70.6%. Males are most commonly observed with pediatric tumors with 58.8% of total subjects. Male: female ratio is 1.2:1. Neuroblastoma was the most common tumor constituting 41.18 % of all cases, followed by Wilms’ tumor (23.53%), hepatoblastoma (11.76%), teratoma and granulosa cell tumor (11.76%). Conclusion: Neuroblastoma was the most common tumor. Most of the tumors were noted in children less than 5 years of age.
ABSTRACT
El quiste mesentérico es una enfermedad rara en la etapa neonatal, y suele confundirse imagenológicamente con múltiples patologías de los órganos intraabdominales. Se presenta un caso clínico con diagnóstico prenatal por imagen anecoica del hemiabdomen superior. El paciente requirió múltiples intervenciones quirúrgicas por presentar un quiste mesentérico que coexistía con atresia intestinal ileal en forma de cáscara de manzana, y el tratamiento clínico y nutricional fue difícil.
Mesenteric cyst is a rare condition in neonatal stage and often is confounded with multiple pathologies of intra-abdominal organs. A clinical case diagnosed with prenatal diagnosis by anechoic image of superior hemi-abdomen. Patient required of many surgical interventions due to a mesenteric cyst coexisting with an apple shell ileal intestinal atresia. Clinical and nutritional treatment was difficult.