Sclerosing mesenteritis mimicking metachronous peritoneal metastases from descending colon adenocarcinoma

Sclerosing mesenteritis mimicking metachronous peritoneal metastases from descending colon adenocarcinoma

Abstract Background Sclerosing mesenteritis is a non-neoplastic inflammatory disease that occurs in the bowel mesentery. Distinguishing sclerosing mesenteritis from neoplasms may be difficult because of the clinical and radiographic similarities between the two disease entities. Case presentation We...

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Main Authors: Toshifumi Watanabe, Shiro Terai, Tomoya Tsukada, Masaki Takeshita, Koshi Matsui, Koji Amaya, Masahide Kaji, Kiichi Maeda, Koichi Shimizu, Junko Saito, Kentaro Mochizuki, Akio Uchiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Colorectal cancer
Diagnosis
Peritoneal neoplasm
Positron emission tomography
Sclerosing mesenteritis
Surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-017-1214-4

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