Diagnoses and Difficulties in Mesenteric Pathology - 06/08/20

Doi : 10.1016/j.path.2020.06.001

Nooshin K. Dashti, MD, MPH ^a, Chanjuan Shi, MD, PhD ^b,^⁎
^a Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1161 21st Avenue South, Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
^b Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Room 3119, Duke South, 40 Duke Medicine Circle, DUMC 3712, Durham, NC 27710, USA

^∗Corresponding author.

Abstract

Mesenteric diseases are broadly separated into 2 groups: non-neoplastic and neoplastic. Common non-neoplastic mesenteric diseases include those involving the mesenteric vasculature and those of inflammatory processes. Mesenteric inflammatory processes can mimic a neoplastic process. Neoplastic diseases of the mesentery are rare. Generally, the morphology, behavior and diagnostic criteria for mesenteric tumors are similar to their soft tissue or organ-specific counterparts. Their recognition can be challenging because they sometimes are overlooked in differential diagnoses.

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Keywords : Mesenteric vascular disease, Sclerosing mesenteritis, Desmoid-type fibromatosis, Gastrointestinal stromal tumor