Title of article :
FAT NECROSIS SECONDARY TO PANCREATITIS MIMICKING TRANSVERSE COLON CANCER: A CASE REPORT
Author/Authors :
SADEGHI, A Tehran University of Medical Science, , FOROUTAN, H Tehran University of Medical Sciencs , MIR MOUMEN, S Imam Khomeini Hospital - Tehran
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
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
