[Mesenteric lipomatosis. A rare disease often misdiagnosed as ascites].
A 53-year-old man, a known alcoholic, was admitted to hospital, because of abdominal swelling, with the admission diagnosis of ascites. Treated with diuretics a severe hypokalaemia developed with subileus and moderate clouding of consciousness. Computed tomography revealed the correct diagnosis of intraabdominal extraperitoneal (mesenteric, pelvic, retroperitoneal) soft-tissue lipomatosis.
Zundler
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Abteilung Innere Medizin I, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart.
Bode
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D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001201:Ascites / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Mesenteriale Lipomatose. Eine seltene Erkrankung, vielfach fehldiagnostiziert als Aszites.