Sclerosing Mesenteritis as a Cause of Abdominal Mass and Discomfort in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
Sclerosing mesenteritis is a rare benign process that involves inflammation, fat necrosis, and fibrosis of the mesentery. The disease poses great diagnostic challenge due to its nonspecific clinical and diagnostic findings. We report the case of a 75-year-old man who presented with vague abdominal d...
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| description | Sclerosing mesenteritis is a rare benign process that involves inflammation, fat necrosis, and fibrosis of the mesentery. The disease poses great diagnostic challenge due to its nonspecific clinical and diagnostic findings. We report the case of a 75-year-old man who presented with vague abdominal discomfort associated with an intra-abdominal mass. With suspicion of a bowel carcinoid tumor on computed tomography scans, the patient underwent diagnostic laparoscopy. A diagnosis of sclerosing mesenteritis was made on histological examination. The patient's symptoms responded to a combination of immunosuppressive drugs, with no interval change in the size of the mass on radiological examination after fifteen months. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-90cd1e8550cd4e6db42f9b7df8944bf42025-02-03T01:22:32ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352010-01-01201010.1155/2010/625321625321Sclerosing Mesenteritis as a Cause of Abdominal Mass and Discomfort in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Literature ReviewFarzana Nawaz Ali0Sidra Ishaque1Bushra Jamil2Nasir-Ud-Din3Muhammad Idris4Medical College, The Aga Khan University, (Stadium Road), Karachi 74800, PakistanMedical College, The Aga Khan University, (Stadium Road), Karachi 74800, PakistanDepartment of Internal Medicine, The Aga Khan University, (Stadium Road), Karachi 74800, PakistanDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, The Aga Khan University, (Stadium Road), Karachi 74800, PakistanDepartment of Radiology, The Aga Khan University, (Stadium Road), Karachi 74800, PakistanSclerosing mesenteritis is a rare benign process that involves inflammation, fat necrosis, and fibrosis of the mesentery. The disease poses great diagnostic challenge due to its nonspecific clinical and diagnostic findings. We report the case of a 75-year-old man who presented with vague abdominal discomfort associated with an intra-abdominal mass. With suspicion of a bowel carcinoid tumor on computed tomography scans, the patient underwent diagnostic laparoscopy. A diagnosis of sclerosing mesenteritis was made on histological examination. The patient's symptoms responded to a combination of immunosuppressive drugs, with no interval change in the size of the mass on radiological examination after fifteen months.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/625321 |
| spellingShingle | Farzana Nawaz Ali Sidra Ishaque Bushra Jamil Nasir-Ud-Din Muhammad Idris Sclerosing Mesenteritis as a Cause of Abdominal Mass and Discomfort in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Sclerosing Mesenteritis as a Cause of Abdominal Mass and Discomfort in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full | Sclerosing Mesenteritis as a Cause of Abdominal Mass and Discomfort in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Sclerosing Mesenteritis as a Cause of Abdominal Mass and Discomfort in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sclerosing Mesenteritis as a Cause of Abdominal Mass and Discomfort in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_short | Sclerosing Mesenteritis as a Cause of Abdominal Mass and Discomfort in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review |
| title_sort | sclerosing mesenteritis as a cause of abdominal mass and discomfort in an elderly patient a case report and literature review |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/625321 |
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