fat necrosis secondary to pancreatitis mimicking transverse colon cancer: a case report

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a. sadeghi tehran university of medical sciences, endoscopic ward, 1st floorimam khomeini hospital, keshavarz boulevard, tehran, iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (tehran university of medical sciences)سازمان های دیگر: imam khomeini hospital

h. froutan tehran university of medical sciences, imam khomeini hospital,tehran, iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (tehran university of medical sciences)سازمان های دیگر: imam khomeini hospital

s. mirmomen imam khomaini hospital,tehran, iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (tehran university of medical sciences)سازمان های دیگر: imam khomeini hospital

abstract

abstract fat necrosis secondary to pancreatitis can be either mild and self limited or create severe organ damage, but may rarely lead to abdominal opancreatic pseudotumor. we report a case of fat necrosis secondary to pancreatitis which clinically simulates transverse colon cancer.

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medical journal of islamic republic of iran

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