title: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the small bowel mesentery: an unusual cause of abdominal pain and uveitis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) of the small bowel mesentery with diffuse immunohistochemical staining for the anaplastic lymphoma kinase 1 gene is reported in a patient who presented with abdominal pain and uveitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, only seven cases of IMT affecting the small bowel mesentery have previously been reported in the English literature. The association of IMT and uveitis is a rare phenomenon, previously reported in patients with IMT affecting the head and neck. Surgical resection of the IMT resulted in rapid resolution of the uveitis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IMT should be considered in the differential diagnosis for a mesenteric mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Audrey H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Olga L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Bohn
authors.forename: Timothy D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Beddow
authors.forename: Christopher R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: McHenry
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000077548:Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D006104:Granuloma, Plasma Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue; D010534:Peritoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000032:analysis*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; C000626173:ALK protein, human; D000077548:Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases