Giant haemorrhagic omental cyst in a 1 year old girl with severe anemia

Purpose: Cystic lesions of the greater omentum are rare intraabdominal space occupying lesions. We report the case of a 1 year old girl with severe anemia. Material and methods: The girl presented with fatigue and marked abdominal distension. There was no adequate abdominal trauma. Laboratory evaluation showed severe anemia with a hemoglobin of 3.6 g/dl, hematocrit 12%, 1.8 million erythrocytes/µl. All other laboratory values were normal. Abdominal sonography showed normal liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and urinary bladder. There was a giant intraabdominal cystic mass which extended from the liver to the urina…