Well-differentiated small intestine neuroendocrine tumors can give rise to mesenteric tumor deposits, which are not included in the current American Joint Committee on Cancer staging system for ...

A 74-year-old man was being investigated for a pancreatic insulinoma when an incidental mesenteric mass measuring 2.6 cm x 2.5 cm was noticed on CT imaging. A wait-and-see approach was decided on.

Contribution Evaluation of the mesentery is often neglected during routine ultrasound (US) because of inadequate training and unfamiliarity with the common US features encountered with mesenteric ...

Introduction Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare neoplasms (less than 1% of all gastrointestinal malignancies), representing the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal (GI ...

Riedel’s thyroiditis (RT) is a rare inflammatory autoimmune disease, often associated with various forms of systemic fibrosis such as sclerosing mesenteritis (SM). A woman in her late 30s presented ...

Introduction Lymphangiomas are rare lesions of the lymphatic vessels. Their aetiology is uncertain. In most cases lymphangiomas are congenital, often associated with genetic disorders (e.g. trisomies ...

In December 1997, the patient underwent an abdominal hernia repair and was found to have a mesenteric mass whose features were consistent with those of myeloid metaplasia on biopsy.