Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the jejunum associated with mesenteric lipodystrophy: A case report | Zendy

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Primary non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the jejunum associated with mesenteric lipodystrophy: A case report

Author(s) -

Dragana Petrovic,

Darjana Jovanovic,

Branimir Guduric,

Boris Filipovic,

Aleksandar Mutibaric

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

archive of oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104

H-Index - 13

eISSN - 1450-9520

pISSN - 0354-7310

DOI - 10.2298/aoo0401067p

Subject(s) - medicine , differential diagnosis , lipodystrophy , mesentery , abdomen , radiology , lymphoma , malabsorption , abdominal pain , biopsy , jejunum , lipoma , pathology , gastroenterology , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , antiretroviral therapy

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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