Retractile mesenteritis appearing as a sigmoid colon tumor.
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.
Psarras
K
K
2nd Propedeudical Department of Surgery, Hippokration Hospital, A' Bldg, 5th Floor, Konstantinoupoleos 49, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece. psarras_k@yahoo.com
Symeonidis
N
N
Pavlidis
E T
ET
Pavlidis
T E
TE
Pantzaki
A
A
Marakis
G N
GN
Sakantamis
A K
AK
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