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KMID : 0359020110420040250
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Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2011 Volume.42 No. 4 p.250 ~ p.254
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Inflammatory Pseudotumor Causing Small Bowel Obstruction in a Patient with AIDS
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Kim Hyun-Soo
Cha Jae-Myung
Lee Joung-Il
Joo Kwang-Ro
Jung Hyun-Joon
Lee Chi-Hoon
Lim Sung-Jig
Na Ki-Yong
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Abstract
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Small bowel obstructions are most commonly caused by adhesions, hernias, neoplasms or inflammatory stricture. Inflammatory pseudotumors are an uncommon cause of small bowel obstruction, even in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We have experienced a case of small bowel obstruction caused by an inflammatory pseudotumor in a 38-year old male with AIDS. Abdominal computed tomography showed small bowel obstruction due to jejunal annular wall thickening. Surgical laparotomy showed a non-specific granulomatous inflammatory mass that could not fulfill any diagnostic criteria for a specific disease. This report describes our findings of small bowel obstruction due to an inflammatory pseudotumor and discusses the differential diagnosis of inflammatory pseudotumor in AIDS patients.
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KEYWORD
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Small bowel, Obstruction, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Inflammation, Pseudotumor
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