Sclerosing mesenteritis presenting as protein-losing enteropathy: A fatal case

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2845-2849

  Kida, Takashi ^a,b   Suzuki, Kentaro ^a   Matsuyama, Tatsuzo ^a   Okita, Mika ^a   Isozaki, Yutaka ^a   Matsumoto, Naoyuki ^a   Miki, Shigeyuki ^a   Nagao, Yasutaka ^a   Kawabata, Kenji ^a   Kohno, Masataka ^b   Oyamada, Hirokazu ^a  

^a MATSUSHITA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Panniculitis; Protein losing enteropathy; Retractile mesenteritis; Sclerosing mesenteritis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL MASS; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOVOLEMIA; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MESENTERITIS; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERY; PANNICULITIS, PERITONEAL; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES;

EID: 81155139240     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5251     Document Type: Article

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