[Mesenteric lipodystrophy: differential diagnosis of a benign abdominal tumor].
In a clinical presentation of a patient with mesenteric lipodystrophy the usefulness of the two imaging procedures ultrasound and computeromography is firstly demonstrated. Both methods have proven as good means in early diagnosis and patients follow up. Combination of ultrasound and guided tumor puncture is able to establish diagnosis avoiding laparotomy. For the follow up of these patients ultrasound and computertomography are valuable.
D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008643:Mesentery; D010201:Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*
Mesenteriale Lipodystrophie: Differentialdiagnostik eines gutartigen abdominellen Tumors.