TY - JOUR
T1 - Mesenteric fibromatosis in Crohn's disease
AU - Slater, Gary
AU - Greenstein, Adrian J.
PY - 1996/3
Y1 - 1996/3
N2 - We have seen two patients with Crohn's disease and mesenteric fibromatosis, the least common form of desmoid tumor. Although both gastrointestinal and nongastrointestinal tumors are relatively common in Crohn's disease, this type of tumor has not been seen in >1,650 patients operated on for this condition. As the only common factor in the two male patients discussed in this article was previous intestinal resections, surgical trauma may be a predisposing factor in the occurrence of these desmoid tumors. We will continue to search for other examples in patients with Crohn's disease.
AB - We have seen two patients with Crohn's disease and mesenteric fibromatosis, the least common form of desmoid tumor. Although both gastrointestinal and nongastrointestinal tumors are relatively common in Crohn's disease, this type of tumor has not been seen in >1,650 patients operated on for this condition. As the only common factor in the two male patients discussed in this article was previous intestinal resections, surgical trauma may be a predisposing factor in the occurrence of these desmoid tumors. We will continue to search for other examples in patients with Crohn's disease.
KW - Crohn's disease
KW - Desmoid
KW - Mesenteric fibromatosis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0030069635&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00004836-199603000-00017
DO - 10.1097/00004836-199603000-00017
M3 - Article
C2 - 8742658
AN - SCOPUS:0030069635
SN - 0192-0790
VL - 22
SP - 147
EP - 149
JO - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
JF - Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
IS - 2
ER -