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

Acta Chir Belg. 2013 May-Jun;113(3):217-9. doi: 10.1080/00015458.2013.11680915.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

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