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. 1988 Jan;64(747):79–81. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.64.747.79

Mesenteric fibromatosis with ureteric stenosis.

S Hailemariam 1, P Jaeger 1, N Goebel 1, J W Grant 1
PMCID: PMC2428748  PMID: 3420065

Abstract

We report a case of a 37 year old man who presented with vomiting and colicky abdominal pain and who was found to have microscopic haematuria. Radiological-examination showed a right hydronephrosis apparently caused by a paracaecal tumour extending to involve the right ureter. This was resected and proved histologically to be a mesenteric fibromatosis. The patient has none of the factors predisposing to the development of this lesion, in particular Gardner's syndrome. Eight months following surgery he appears to have made a full recovery. Previous publications on this rare intra-abdominal neoplasm are reviewed.

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