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Mesenteric fibromatosis presenting with ascites in childhood
I K Mecrow1, V Miller, M Lendon
1Department of Gastroenterology, Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester, England.
Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
|July 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 7-year-old boy presented with acute ascites due to mesenteric fibromatosis. The pathophysiological mechanisms for formation of ascitic fluid and some aspects of the aetiology of intra-abdominal fibromatosis and its association with Gardener's syndrome are discussed.