Peritoneal or mesenteric tumours revealing histiocytosis.
Fleur Cohen-AubartIrena UngureanuJerome RazanamaheryFrédéric CharlotteSéverine Valmary-DeganoZofia Hélias-RodzewiczDominique Cazals-HatemPeggy DartiguesManuela Delage-CorreJanick SelvesPatrick TasSebastien HumbertAlexandre MalakhiaMerja KunnamoLiana VeresezanChrystalla ProkopiouAndreas SeeberAbdellatif TaziJean DonadieuOlivier LucidarmeJulien HarocheJean François EmilePublished in: BMJ open gastroenterology (2021)
Diagnosis of masses arising in the mesentery should be carefully explored as one of the possibilities in histiocytosis. This diagnosis is frequently missed on mesenteric biopsies. Molecular biology for detecting the mutations in BRAF or in genes of the MAP kinase pathway is a critical diagnostic tool.