Multiple abdominal cysts in a patient with Gorlin-Goltz syndrome: a case report.

Abstract

A rare case of symptomatic mesenteric cysts in a patient with Gorlin-Goltz syndrome, associated with various neoplasms, is presented. The patient, known with Gorlin-Goltz syndrome, consulted with increasingly severe abdominal pain and large abdominal cysts. At surgery, the cysts were excised and the postoperative course was uneventful. In conclusion, this case reminds clinicians to always maintain a wide differential diagnosis when dealing with patients known with Gorlin-Goltz syndrome.

• Authors: F Haenen, G Hubens, D Creytens, W Vaneerdeweg
• Journal: Acta chirurgica Belgica (Acta Chir Belg) Vol. 113 Issue 3 Pg. 217-9 ( 2013) ISSN: 0001-5458 [Print] England
• PMID: 24941720 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Abdominal Pain (etiology)
• Abdominal Wall (pathology)
• Adult
• Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome (complications)
• Humans
• Male
• Mesenteric Cyst (complications, diagnostic imaging, etiology, pathology)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed