Abstract

Objective To investigate the diagnosis and treatment of mesenteric fibromatosis.Methods We analyzed retrospectively the clinical data including clinical manifestation,treatment and follow-up results of the mesenteric fibromatosis in 11 cases.ResultsNine patients presented with abdominal mass.Two cases were found during other operation occasionally.Before operation,3 cases were misdiagnosed as leiomyosarcoma,1 case as malignant neurilemmoma,1 case as lymphoma.All patients were underwent surgical resection,and were diagnosed as mesenteric fibromatosis by pathology.Following-up,from 7 months to 72 months,2 cases relapsed.Conclusions The clinical feature of mesenteric fibromatosis is nonspecific.It is difficult to make correct diagnosis preoperatively.Surgical resection is the first choice for cure of patients with mesenteric fibromatosis. Key words: Mesentery; Fibromatosis; Diagnosis; Therapy

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