Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting as an Irreducible Inguinal Hernia

Mesenteric fibromatosis is a rare benign tumor of the abdominal cavity. It can present as a sporadic case or as a part of polyposis syndromes. It often infiltrates surrounding structures but rarely metastasizes. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice. The following is a case report of a mesen...

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Autor principal: Alsaif, Faisal A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21912065
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.84498
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description Mesenteric fibromatosis is a rare benign tumor of the abdominal cavity. It can present as a sporadic case or as a part of polyposis syndromes. It often infiltrates surrounding structures but rarely metastasizes. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice. The following is a case report of a mesenteric fibromatosis mass presenting as an irreducible inguinal hernia.
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spelling pubmed-31789262011-10-03 Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting as an Irreducible Inguinal Hernia Alsaif, Faisal A. Saudi J Gastroenterol Case Report Mesenteric fibromatosis is a rare benign tumor of the abdominal cavity. It can present as a sporadic case or as a part of polyposis syndromes. It often infiltrates surrounding structures but rarely metastasizes. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice. The following is a case report of a mesenteric fibromatosis mass presenting as an irreducible inguinal hernia. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3178926/ /pubmed/21912065 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1319-3767.84498 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting as an Irreducible Inguinal Hernia
title Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting as an Irreducible Inguinal Hernia
title_full Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting as an Irreducible Inguinal Hernia
title_fullStr Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting as an Irreducible Inguinal Hernia
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title_short Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting as an Irreducible Inguinal Hernia
title_sort mesenteric fibromatosis presenting as an irreducible inguinal hernia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3178926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21912065
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