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What is the differential diagnosis for nonparenchymal cystic lesions in the abdomen and pelvis?
Nonparenchymal cystic lesions may infrequently be encountered in the omentum, mesentery, mesocolon, or retroperitoneum and are most often incidentally detected.
Nonparenchymal Cystic Lesions of the Abdomen and Pelvis
Lymphatic originSimple lymphatic cyst Lymphangioma Mesothelial origin Simple mesothelial cyst Benign cystic mesothelioma Enteric originEnteric duplication cyst Enteric cyst Foregut originBronchogenic cyst Extralobar pulmonary sequestration Hindgut originTailgut cyst Urogenital cysts Other developmental lesions Epidermoid cystDermoid cystMature cystic teratoma Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Neurogenous choristoma Pseudocysts and other loculated fluid collections Cystic or necrotic lymphadenopathy Cystic or necrotic neoplasms Retained surgical sponge |