Recep Aktimur1, Uğur Yaşar2, Elif Çolak1, Nuraydın Özlem1

1Clinic of General Surgery, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
2Clinic of General Surgery, Darende State Hospital, Malatya, Turkey

Abstract

The umbilicus is remaining scar tissue from the umbilical cord in the fetus. If the omphalomesenteric duct in the umbilicus is not properly closed, an ileal-umbilical fistula, sinus formation, cysts, or, most commonly, Meckel’s diverticulum can develop. The others are very rare and mostly occur in the pediatric population. We describe herein a 61-year-old female with a giant omphalomesenteric cyst presented as an asymptomatic infraumbilical mass. To our knowledge, this is the oldest patient reported and the largest cyst described in the literature. The diagnosis of a painless abdominal mass frequently suggests malignancy in older patients. But, extremely rare conditions can be detected, such as an omphalomesenteric cyst.

Keywords: Adult, anomaly, cyst, duct, omphalomesenteric


 

Peer Review

Externally peer-reviewed.

Author Contributions

Concept - R.A., U.Y.; Design - N.Ö.; Supervision - N.Ö.; Funding - E.Ç.; Materials - E.Ç.; Data Collection and/or Processing - R.A.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - R.A.; Literature Review - R.A.; Writer - R.A.; Critical Review - N.Ö.

Conflict of Interest

No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Financial Disclosure

The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.