[Inflammatory pseudotumor of the retroperitoneum].

Rev Gastroenterol Mex

Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Central Ignacio Morones Prieto, San Luis Potosí, SLP, México.

Published: November 2002

Inflammatory pseudotumor is a rare, benign lesion of various organs and tissues, characterized by proliferating fibrovascular tissue admixed with inflammatory cells of etiology and pathogenesis that are largely unknown. We report a case of a 55-years-old woman with acute pancreatitis with a retroperitoneal mass in Morrison's space detected by tomography. Aspects concerning incidence, etiology, clinical, and histopathologic characteristics are discussed.

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