Giant mesentery fibromatosis presenting as acute abdomen –

Giant mesentery fibromatosis presenting as acute abdomen – case report

Mesentery fibromatosis, also called abdominal desmoid, is a rare clinical entity. It is part of the clinical-pathologic spectrum of so-called deep fibromatoses. The deep fibromatoses encompass a group of benign fibroproliferative processes that are locally aggressive; they may infiltrate the adjacent organs or recur, but do not create distant metastatic lesions. The small bowel mesentery is the...

Hypothyroidism presenting as acute abdomen.

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Hepatoblastoma presenting as an acute abdomen.

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Chilaiditi's syndrome presenting as acute abdomen.

Polycythaemia vera presenting as an acute abdomen.

A patient who presented with severe abdominal pain was found to have an intrahepatic haematoma complicating previously undiagnosed polycythaemia vera (PV). Full recovery followed treatment with bed rest, control of hypertension, daily venesection and 32P. The hazards of surgery in uncontrolled PV are discussed and re-emphasized.