Volume 20, Issue 4 (2-2007)                   Med J Islam Repub Iran 2007 | Back to browse issues page

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Fat necrosis secondary to pancreatitis mimicking transverse colon cancer: a case report
A. Sadeghi , H. Froutan , S. Mirmomen
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Endoscopic ward, 1st floorImam Khomeini Hospital, Keshavarz Boulevard, Tehran, Iran , amirsadeghi7651@yahoo.com
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 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.

Keywords: Fat necrosis, Pancreatitis, Abdominal mass
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Type of Study: case report | Subject: Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology
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