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.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7948
MLA:
Graham, Adam, and Harvin, Glenn.
"Sclerosing Mesenteritis: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction". .
. (),
January 2016.
October 03, 2023.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7948.
Chicago:
Graham, Adam and Harvin, Glenn,
"Sclerosing Mesenteritis: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction," , no.
(January 2016),
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7948 (accessed
October 03, 2023).
AMA:
Graham, Adam, Harvin, Glenn.
Sclerosing Mesenteritis: A Rare Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction. .
January 2016;
():
.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7948. Accessed
October 03, 2023.
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