Sclerosing mesenteritis with occult ileal perforation: Report of a case simulating extensive intra-abdominal malignancy

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1974-1977

  Mathew, John ^a,b   McKenna, Frank ^a   Mason, John ^a   Haboubi, N Y ^a   Borghol, Mahdy ^a  

^a TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b 8 Fern House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal mass; Ascites; Fibrosis; Intestinal obstruction; Occult ileal perforation; Sclerosing mesenteritis

Indexed keywords

CODEINE PHOSPHATE; CORTICOSTEROID; LOPERAMIDE; OCTREOTIDE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BYPASS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MESENTERITIS; SEPSIS; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; STOMA;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS, PERITONEAL;

EID: 11244258410     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0639-3     Document Type: Article

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