title: [Malignant mesenchymoma of mesentery. A controversial entity].
abstract: We report a case of malignant mesenchymoma developed in the mesentery in a 62-year-old man with no past history. It was an huge mass in the mesentery of the ileum. The tumor was composed of areas of chondrosarcoma and rhabdomyosarcoma in addition to an undifferentiated fusiform component. Malignant mesenchymoma is a rare sarcoma occurring preferentially in the retroperitoneum or the thigh. The location in the mesentery is exceptional. Malignant mesenchymoma is discussed more particularly with dedifferentiated liposarcoma with heterologous elements. The patient is alive without recurrence three years after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques C, Hôpital Calmette, CHRU, 59037 Lille, France.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Leroy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Devisme
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gambiez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moukassa
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gosselin
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008637:Mesenchymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008643:Mesentery; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome