Treatment of Sclerosing Mesenteritis with Corticosteroids and Azathioprine
Sclerosing (idiopathic) mesenteritis is a rare disease that may present with abdominal pain or bowel obstruction. A 21-year-old man was diagnosed with sclerosing mesenteritis, and treated with a partial ileal resection and defunctioning ileostomy. He was subsequently started on corticosteroids and a...
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| description | Sclerosing (idiopathic) mesenteritis is a rare disease that may present with abdominal pain or bowel obstruction. A 21-year-old man was diagnosed with sclerosing mesenteritis, and treated with a partial ileal resection and defunctioning ileostomy. He was subsequently started on corticosteroids and azathioprine. Five months later, at the time of ileostomy reversal, he was disease-free. The diagnosis and management of this disease are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9d23142a468b4e2eb74cd2a56bdf6c2f2025-02-03T01:10:47ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002001-01-0115853353510.1155/2001/462823Treatment of Sclerosing Mesenteritis with Corticosteroids and AzathioprineAnand Bala0Sylvain P Coderre1Douglas RE Johnson2V Nayak3Divisions of Gastroenterology and General Surgery, Department of Pathology, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDivisions of Gastroenterology and General Surgery, Department of Pathology, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDivisions of Gastroenterology and General Surgery, Department of Pathology, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaDivisions of Gastroenterology and General Surgery, Department of Pathology, Peter Lougheed Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaSclerosing (idiopathic) mesenteritis is a rare disease that may present with abdominal pain or bowel obstruction. A 21-year-old man was diagnosed with sclerosing mesenteritis, and treated with a partial ileal resection and defunctioning ileostomy. He was subsequently started on corticosteroids and azathioprine. Five months later, at the time of ileostomy reversal, he was disease-free. The diagnosis and management of this disease are discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/462823 |
| spellingShingle | Anand Bala Sylvain P Coderre Douglas RE Johnson V Nayak Treatment of Sclerosing Mesenteritis with Corticosteroids and Azathioprine Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Treatment of Sclerosing Mesenteritis with Corticosteroids and Azathioprine |
| title_full | Treatment of Sclerosing Mesenteritis with Corticosteroids and Azathioprine |
| title_fullStr | Treatment of Sclerosing Mesenteritis with Corticosteroids and Azathioprine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Treatment of Sclerosing Mesenteritis with Corticosteroids and Azathioprine |
| title_short | Treatment of Sclerosing Mesenteritis with Corticosteroids and Azathioprine |
| title_sort | treatment of sclerosing mesenteritis with corticosteroids and azathioprine |
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