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A 5-year-old boy presented with progressively increasing abdominal distension since birth with no associated urinary or gastrointestinal symptoms. A large, non-tender, soft, cystic intra-abdominal lump occupying almost the whole abdomen could be palpated (figure 1). Other systemic examination and all blood tests were normal.
Figure 1
Gross abdominal distension with a mass occupying the whole abdomen.
A contrast-enhanced CT scan revealed a large complex cystic mass of …
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