Case Report
Laparoscopy as a Diagnostic and Definitive Therapeutic Tool in Cases of Inflamed Simple Lymphatic Cysts of the Mesentery
Table 1
Classification of mesenteric cysts and cystic tumors.
| Cysts of lymphatic origin | Simple lymphatic cists | Lymphangioma |
| Cysts of mesothelial origin | Simple mesothelial cyst | Benign cystic mesothelioma | Malignant cystic mesothelioma |
| Cysts of enteric origin | Enteric duplication cyst | Enteric cyst |
| Mucinous cystic neoplasms | Mucinous cystadenoma | Borderline malignant mucinous cystic neoplasm | Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma |
| Cysts of urogenital origin | ā |
| Miscellaneous neoplasms | Mature cystic teratoma (dermoid cysts) | Neuroendocrine carcinoma | Cystic spindle cell tumor |
| Nonpancreatic pseudocysts | Cysts of traumatic origin | Cysts of infectious origin |
| Nonneoplastic cysts | Hydatid cyst | Mycotic cyst | Parasitic cyst | Tuberculous cyst | Cystic degeneration of lymph nodes and other tissues |
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