CLINICAL, ULTRASONOGRAPHIC AND TOMOGRAPHIC FEATURES ON THE NATURAL EVOLUTION OF PRIMARY MESENTERIC FIBROMATOSIS - A CASE-REPORT

Primary mesenteric fibromatosis isa rare, histologically benign, patho logy which is characterized by fibrous proliferation in the mesentery and made more serious by biological malignancy as it has a high inclin ation towards involving the visceral abdominal structures in its growt h. While the cases reported in the literature describe the attempts to cure and reduce the tumor growth, this report describes the clinical, ultrasonographic and tomographic features during the natural growth r ate of a case of inoperable primary mesenteric fibromatosis during a 2 0 month follow-up.