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Year:
2004
| Volume: 12
| Issue: 1
| Pages: 67-70
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Case Report |
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PRIMARY NON-HODGKIN LYMPHOMA OF THE JEJUNUM ASSOCIATED WITH MESENTERIC LIPODYSTROPHY: A CASE REPORT
Dragana PETROVIC, Darjana JOVANOVIC, Branimir GUDURIC, Boris FILIPOVIC, Aleksandar MUTIBARIC |
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Mesenteric lipodystrophy is a rare condition characterized by a nonspecific inflammatory process that involves the root of the mesentery in a lipoma-like lesion. We reported a case of sclerosing mesenteritis presenting as recurrent abdominal pain, profound weight loss, dilated cardiomyopathy, malabsorption and a mass on computed tomography scan of the abdomen in a 42 years old man with previous history of lymphoma. Because of the wider differential diagnosis in such cases, the patient underwent an extensive workup culminating in a laparoscopy with biopsy. This case illustrated that mesenteric lipodystrophy should be included in the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal and mesenteric tumor. |
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Key words:
Lipodystromy; Mesentery; Lymphoma; Diagnosis, Differential |
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