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Solitary mesenteric vascular anomaly presenting as acute abdomen Thambidorai, CR; Wahab, A & Hamzaini, AH Abstract A 4-year-old girl with a solitary vascular anomaly of the mesentery presented with acute lower abdominal pain. Despite the use of ultrasound, computed tomography scan and image-guided core biopsies, the lesion was initially mistaken for an inflammatory intra-abdominal mass. The correct diagnosis was made at laparotomy. Solitary vascular anomaly of the mesentery is rare and its presentation as an acute abdomen has not been reported before. Keywords Child, hemangioma, mesentery, vascular malformation, solitary vascular anomaly

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