DIFFERENTIAL-DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BENIGN-TUMOR OF THE MESENTERIUM

The authors possess experience in surgical treatment of 12 cases. Benign tumor of the mesenterium is among diseases which are recognized with great difficulty in the early and preoperative period. This is mainly due to the vague signs of the disease and the limited possibilities of applying auxiliary methods of examination because of the specificity of the organ in which the neoplasm is situated. To make the correct diagnosis in the early stages of the disease it is necessary in this case to conduct differential diagnosis with other diseases of the abdominal organs. The most typical clinical signs characteristic only of a benign tumor of the mesenterium can be distinguished as a result. When used in a complex with other methods of examination, differential diagnosis makes it possible to increase the number of correct preoperative diagnoses.