title: [Metachronous intra-abdominal fibromatosis of the gastro-spleno-colonic ligament and the mesentery: histopathogenetic interpretation. Report of a case].
abstract: The paper reports a case of intra-abdominal fibromatosis with an initial localisation in the gastro-spleno-colic ligament followed by a metachronous localisation in the mesentery. Both localisations preceded the appearance of sigmoidorectal polyps and ovarian polycystosis. The authors discuss the biological problems related to the pathology and tend to interpret it as a dys-reactive disease of connective tissue in a genetically predisposed, subject.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Chirurgia Generale, USL 17, Ospedale S.S. Annunziata, Savigliano (Cuneo).
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abrate
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003106:Colon; D005260:Female; D018221:Fibromatosis, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments; D008643:Mesentery; D013154:Spleen; D013270:Stomach