Mesenteric Fibromatosis: an Uncommon Cause of Abdominal Pain

SY Luk, KH Fung, SH Fung

Hong Kong J Radiol 2010;13:218-21

Mesenteric fibromatosis is a fibroblastic proliferation of the mesentery and is often called an intra-abdominal desmoid tumour. It is a rare condition with the potential to cause significant morbidity and death due to its locally invasive pattern of growth. The non-specific clinical presentation of this condition makes preoperative diagnosis difficult. We present a case of mesenteric fibromatosis with cavity formation and review its clinical and radiological features.

 

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腸系膜纖維瘤病:腹痛的罕見病因

陸嬈、馮啟雄、馮成海

腸系膜纖維瘤病是指腸系膜中成纖維細胞增殖的現象,一般被稱為腹內硬纖維瘤。這種罕見疾病可能會有局部的侵入式生長,而導致較高的發病率和死亡。這病臨床上並無特異性,術前診斷相當困難。本文報告腸系膜纖維瘤形成膜腔的一個病例,並討論此病的臨床及放射學特徵。