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Table 1 Review of the literature with cases of chylous mesenteric cyst

From: Ideal treatment strategy for chylous mesenteric cyst: a case report

Author name and reference number

Date

Location

Age

Gender

Clinical presentation

Size (cm)

Current treatment

Pantanowitz and Botero [10]

2000

Small bowel mesentery

39

M

Abdominal discomfort

23 × 15 × 3

Open cystectomy

Ho et al. [7]

2002

Small bowel mesentery, aorta

76

M

Abdominal pain, hypotension

5 × 5

Open cystectomy and AAA repair

 

2006

Jejunal mesentery

67

M

Abdominal fullness

Unknown

Endoscopically (patient refused surgery)

Miljković et al. [13]

2007

Jejunal mesentery

37

M

Abdominal pain, nausea, fever

11 × 14

Open cystectomy

Yasoshima et al. [14]

2000

Jejunal mesentery near pancreas

66

M

Asymptomatic

45 × 40

Open cystectomy

Covarelli et al. [16]

2008

Jejunal mesentery

62

F

Asymptomatic

Unknown

Open cystectomy

Akwei et al. [8]

2009

Mesentery near pancreas head

62

M

Abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, nausea

25 × 15 × 10

Open cystectomy

Tebala et al. [1]

2010

Mesentery near cecum

58

M

Chronic abdominal pain, cystic lesion

14 × 12

Laparoscopic cystectomy

Javed et al. [12]

2011

Jejunal mesentery near pancreas tail

59

M

Abdominal pain

10 × 10

Open cystectomy

Javed et al. [12]

2011

Jejunal mesentery (3 cysts)

35

M

Abdominal distension

Unknown

Jejunectomy

Singh et al. [17]

2013

Mesentery near Pancreas tail

22

M

Abdominal pain, Vomiting

Unknown

Open cystectomy

Dioscoridi et al. [2]

2014

Jejunal mesentery, Aorta, IMA

30

M

Diffuse abdominal pain

95 × 60

Laparoscopic cystectomy

Wang et al. [9]

2014

Small bowel mesentery

80

F

Heavy sweats and shivering

2 × 1.5  × 1

Colectomy for tumor

Lee et al. [4]

2016

Jejunal mesentery

34

F

Abdominal pain

10 × 10

Laparoscopic cystectomy

Yoshimitsu et al. [18]

2016

Mesentery near pancreas tail

49

F

Asymptomatic

4.9  × 4.2

Laparoscopic cystectomy

This case report

2017

Small bowel mesentery

38

F

Abdominal pain

7.08  × 6.05

Open cystectomy

  1. AAA abdominal aortic aneurysm, F female, IMA inferior mesenteric artery, M male