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Khalid Hureibi1, Osama A Sunidar2

  • 1Department of General Surgery, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, East Sussex, UK.

BMJ Case Reports
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Mesenteric cystic lymphangiomas are rare benign tumors. This case highlights a young man successfully treated for a large ileal mesenteric cystic lymphangioma presenting as abdominal pain and weight loss.

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