title: Retractile mesenteritis appearing as a sigmoid colon tumor.
abstract: Retractile mesenteritis is a rare, fibrosing, inflammatory disease affecting the adipose tissue of the intestinal and colonic mesentery. So far, about 300 cases have been reported in the literature. We present a case of retractile mesenteritis.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Propedeudical Department of Surgery, Hippokration Hospital, A' Bldg, 5th Floor, Konstantinoupoleos 49, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece. psarras_k@yahoo.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Psarras
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Symeonidis
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Pavlidis
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Pavlidis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pantzaki
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Marakis
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sakantamis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology*; D015436:Panniculitis, Peritoneal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery