Sclerosing Mesenteritis: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction
Author
Graham, Adam; Harvin, Glenn
Abstract
Sclerosing mesenteritis falls within a spectrum of primary idiopathic inflammatory and fibrotic processes that affect the mesentery. The exact etiology has not been determined, although
the following associations have been noted: abdominal surgery, trauma, autoimmunity,
paraneoplastic syndrome, ischemia and infection. Progression of sclerosing mesentritis can
lead to bowel obstruction, a rare complication of this uncommon condition. We report a case
of a 66-year-old female with abdominal pain who was noted to have a small bowel obstruction requiring laparotomy and a partial small bowel resection. The pathology of the resected
tissue was consistent with sclerosing mesenteritis, a rare cause of a small bowel obstruction.
Sclerosing mesenteritis has variable rates of progression, and there is no consensus regarding the optimal treatment. Physicians should consider sclerosing mesenteritis in the differential diagnosis of a small bowel obstruction.
Date
2016
Citation:
APA:
Graham, Adam, & Harvin, Glenn. (January 2016).
Sclerosing Mesenteritis: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction.
Case Reports in Gastroenterology,
(10:1), p.. Retrieved from
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7947
MLA:
Graham, Adam, and Harvin, Glenn.
"Sclerosing Mesenteritis: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction". Case Reports in Gastroenterology.
10:1. (.),
January 2016.
March 03, 2021.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7947.
Chicago:
Graham, Adam and Harvin, Glenn,
"Sclerosing Mesenteritis: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction," Case Reports in Gastroenterology 10, no.
1 (January 2016),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7947 (accessed
March 03, 2021).
AMA:
Graham, Adam, Harvin, Glenn.
Sclerosing Mesenteritis: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction. Case Reports in Gastroenterology.
January 2016;
10(1)
. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7947. Accessed
March 03, 2021.
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