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Sclerosing mesenteritis as a rare cause of upper ileus
Author(s) -
Mihailo Bezmarević,
Darko Mirković,
Nenad Perišić,
Snežana Cerović,
Marina Panišić,
Saša Micković,
Ivana Tufegdžić,
Jelena Mitrović,
Zoran Djordjevic
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp120118039b
Subject(s) - medicine , duodenum , laparotomy , rare disease , mesentery , jejunum , bowel obstruction , surgery , ileus , radiology , disease
Sclerosing mesenteritis is a rare pathological entity characterized by non-specific tumor-like expansion in mesentery. Accurate diagnosis of this disease is rarely made preoperatively. Surgery takes place in diagnosis, as well in treatment of the disease. We presented a case of sclerosing mesenteritis that affected the final portions of duodenum and initial part of jejunum with clinical picture of upper gastrointestinal obstruction.

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