[Mesenteric panniculitis simulating malignancy]

Autor: Amine, Daghfous, Haykel, Bedioui, Oussama, Baraket, Lamia, Kallel, Sofiene, Ayadi, Mohamed, Jouini, Montasser, Kacem, Zoubeir, Bensafta
Jazyk: francouzština
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: La Tunisie medicale. 88(12)
ISSN: 0041-4131
Popis: Panniculitis mesenteritis is a rare, benign, and chronic fibrosing inflammation disease with unknown aetiology that affects the mesentery of small bowel and colon.To report a new case of this entity and to highlight its diagnostic difficulties especially when it affects the mesocolon.A 37 years-old women presented with chronic abdominal pain; physical examination found mass of left ilaca fossa. Closcopy and abdominal CT scan showed a thickness of bowel wall with negative biopsies. The patient underwent a colectomy. Histologic examination concluded to the diagnosis of Mesenteric panniculitis without malignant lesion.Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare pathology which diagnosis is difficult to establish. It can simulate malignancy. A better knowledge of its clinical and radiological features could ovoid unnecessary digestive resection.
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