Retractile mesenteritis. Report of 3 cases
Girones Vila, J.; Alcobilla Ferrara, E.; Codina Barrera, A.; Gómez Castella, F.; Farres Coll, R.; Masvidal Calpe, R.; Fernández Gutiérrez, F.; Sant Masoliver, F.
Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas Organo Oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Patologia Digestiva 87(1): 62-64
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 1130-0108 PMID: 7727170 Document Number: 442398
Mesenteric panniculitis is an infrequent pathology; the diagnosis is made by the pathologist and it is characterized by inflammation, fibrosis and retraction of the mesenteric fat. We report three new cases of retractile mesenteritis or mesenteric panniculitis, two cases presented with intestinal obstruction and the other had an abdominal tumour. In all cases the pathological diagnosis was retractile mesenteritis.