Mesenteric leiomyoma in infancy

Singla, Sham; Rattan, Kamal Nain; Kaushik, Narender

doi:10.1007/bf02726237

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“…Most commonly, they are smooth muscle tumors or GISTs [3]. Fibromatosis (desmoid tumor), well-differentiated liposarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and peripheral nerve sheath tumors also occur in the location [7, 8]. …”

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Primary Mesenteric Smooth Muscle Tumor: An Entity with Unpredictable Biologic Behavior

Kalogiannidis

Stavrakis

Amplianitis

et al. 2013

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Smooth muscle tumors of the mesentery are rare lesions with unpredictable, usually malignant, biologic behavior irrespective of their histologic appearance. Such case is presented here. We present a case of a large smooth muscle tumor located in the mesentery of a 48 years old patient. The histopathologic features of the surgically excised tumor were that of a benign-appearing smooth muscle tumor, either a primary mesenteric smooth muscle tumor of unknown biologic behavior or a parasitic leiomyoma. The patient was discharged 4 days after from the hospital without any early postoperative complication. Close followup was further decided. Nine months after her primary therapy, our patient is alive and with no evidence of recurrent disease. Increased awareness must be considered for large mesenteric smooth muscle tumors, because even when they present indolent histologic features, they usually behave aggressively.

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Primary Mesenteric Smooth Muscle Tumor: An Entity with Unpredictable Biologic Behavior

Kalogiannidis

Stavrakis

Amplianitis

et al. 2013

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology

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“…Solid primary tumors of the mesentery are rare neoplasms among intraabdominal soft tissue tumors and commonly these tumors are smooth muscle tumors and GISTs [1]. Many tumors are also seen in this location including fibromatosis, liposarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and peripheral nerve sheath tumors [1,[3][4][5]. Primary solid mesenteric tumors consist of histological heterogenous group of neoplasms [1].…”

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Mesenteric Fibromyoma Mimicking a Colon Tumor: A Diagnostic Dilemma

Öztürk¹

2014

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Introduction: Solid primary tumors of mesenteric origin are quite rare among the intraabdominal soft tissue tumors. The most frequent tumors are Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) and smooth muscle tumors. GISTs as the largest group of these tumors are usually seen in the wall of gastrointestinal tract and 25% of them are malignant. They usually occur in adults and there is no sexual predominance. We present a huge intra-abdominal myoma clinically mimicking GIST. Case Report: A 49-years old male was referred to our deparment because of a growing mass and pain in the right lower quadrant. Physical examination revealed a huge mass with 10 cm in diameter in the right lower quadrant. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a mass with 17 cm in diameter which originated from caecum and extented from umblicus to urinary bladder and right colon. The mass was resected en-bloc with right hemicolectomy. The final diagnosis is ''Fibromyoma of the mesentery''. Discussion: They usually arise de novo and are seen in adults. Myofibroma can occur as a solitary form or it can be seen as multiple lesions like generalized form which is described as myofibromatozis. Myofibromas are characteristically circumscribed masses with a nodular or multinodular growth pattern and they usually show a biphasic growth pattern. The behaviour of mesenteric smooth muscle tumours is unpredictable. Because they arise large diameters and they can cause different clinical symptoms like obstruction and abdominal pain. The treatment of mesenteric fibromyoma is complete resection. Large intraabdominal solid masses pose a diagnostic challenge either grossly or microscopically. Histopathologically, huge benign fibromyomas should be kept in mind of differantial diagnosis of GİSTs.

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“…Besides that, to the best of our knowledge, there have only been published two case of leiomyoma of mesentery in an infant in the literature. [78]…”

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