Inflammatory Pseudotumor Causing Small Bowel Obstruction in a Patient with AIDS.
- Author:
Hyun Soo KIM
1
;
Jae Myung CHA
;
Joung Il LEE
;
Kwang Ro JOO
;
Hyun Joon JUNG
;
Chi Hoon LEE
;
Sung Jig LIM
;
Ki Yong NA
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Gang Dong Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyunghee University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. dramc@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Small bowel;
Obstruction;
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;
Inflammation;
Pseudotumor
- MeSH:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Granuloma, Plasma Cell;
Hernia;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Laparotomy;
Male
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
2011;42(4):250-254
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
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.
