Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery

Mesenteric Fibromatosis Presenting as an Unusual Cause of Intestinal Obstruction and Anemia in a Young Male

Vijay Shivpuje *

Department of Surgery, Yashodhara Hospital, Solapur, Maharashtra, India.

Abhishek Shahapurkar

Sanjeevan Hospital, Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India.

Oksana Maliar

Sanjeevan Hospital, Osmanabad, Maharashtra, India.

Nitant Vora

Department of Pathology, Yashodhara Superspeciality Hospital, Solapur, Maharashtra, India.

Amol Kanetkar

Vijay Clinic Solapur, Maharashtra, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

A twenty-three-year-old male presented with on and off abdominal pain for two months with an acutely distended abdomen. He had a hemoglobin level of 6.5, and a CT scan showed a non-enhancing nodular mass compressing the small bowel with proximal distension. After resecting the mass at the mesenteric root and right hemicolectomy, the specimen was confirmed as mesenteric fibromatosis on histopathological examination. This is a rare case of mesenteric fibromatosis presenting as intestinal obstruction and anemia.

Keywords: Hemicolectomy, Intestinal obstruction, Mesenteric fibromatosis, Nodular mass

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