title: [Enteroscopy and imaging in sclerosing mesenteritis].
abstract: Sclerosing mesenteritis is a rare, benign, and chronic fibrosing inflammatory disease of the mesenteric fatty tissue. Its aetiology is unknown. In the present report we describe a 56-year-old women who presented with postprandial abdominal pain, and weight loss. Ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mesenteric mass of 15 cm. The findings were typical for this disease. Additionally the patient underwent a single ballon enteroscopy in which the mucosa showed a considerable hyperergic reaction. The histological examination of the ileum was appropriate to support the suspicion. The patient's symptoms responded to a therapy with tamoxifen.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterologie, Diabetologie und allgemeine Innere Medizin, Innere Medizin, Caritas-Klinik Pankow, Berlin.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gottschalk
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nitzsche
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Felber
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Dietrich
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015436:Panniculitis, Peritoneal / Q000175:diagnosis*