Abstract
The occurrence of the mesenteric fibromatosis is rare. The mesenteric fibromatosis of 49 year-old female positively diagnosed by imprint cytodiagnostic procedure during operation is reported hereinef ter.
The tumors were 9.5×13, 4.5×6 cm in size, oval shaped, light yellowish-white in colour and elastic hard in consistency, which invaded submucosal layer of the small intestine.
Imprint cytodiagnosis revealed that the tumor cells were spindle, pleomorphic and round in shape and scattered isolatedly or in small groups.
The cytoplasma were distinct, stained light green by Papanicolaou's staining method, and their margin showed fine fibrillary pattern.
Their nuclei were oval or short-spindle shaped, and chromatin pattern were granular with prominent nucleoli.
