Acute abdomen due to torsion of a pedunculated mesenteric fibroma.
A case history of a boy with an acute abdomen due to torsion of a pedunculated mesenteric fibroma is presented. A review of the literature shows that only a relatively small number of mesenteric fibromata have been reported. In these cases the tumor was described as growing between the two leaves of the mesentery. The symptoms these tumors gave usually were due to the size of the tumor and compression of adjacent organs. The present case is unusual because of the pedunculated nature of the fibroma and its presentation as an acute abdomen.
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000293:Adolescent; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014102:Torsion Abnormality