Mesenteric inflammatory pseudotumor as a cause of abdominal pain in a teenager: presentation and literature review

Pediatric Surgery International - Tập 21 - Trang 497-499 - 2005
Kevin G. Vaughan1, Abdulhameed Aziz1, Manuel P. Meza1, David J. Hackam1,2
1Departments of Radiology, Pathology and Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA
2Division of Pediatric Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA

Tóm tắt

Inflammatory pseudotumor (IP) is an unusual cause of chronic abdominal pain in children. The management of these lesions is complicated by controversies surrounding their appropriate classification and the numerous alternate names with which they are described. Successful treatment requires careful radiologic and pathologic evaluation to distinguish IPs from other lesions, along with complete surgical resection. We present the case of a 15-year-old boy with IP and review the literature in an attempt to simplify the description of these tumors.

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