Mesenteric Panniculitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Etiology in a Patient with History of Abdominal Surgery

Mesenteric panniculitis is characterized by nonspecific fibrous inflammation of the small bowel mesentery, appendix, and mesoappendix. Clinical course is usually benign and outcome is favorable. We report a case of mesenteric panniculitis presenting as fever of unknown etiology in a patient with his...

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Autores principales: Irwin, Christopher P., Lee, Joo B., Kim, Andrew, Eme, Ijagha, Schofield, Christina, Mount, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5833191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29670775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5658039
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author Irwin, Christopher P.
Lee, Joo B.
Kim, Andrew
Eme, Ijagha
Schofield, Christina
Mount, George
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description Mesenteric panniculitis is characterized by nonspecific fibrous inflammation of the small bowel mesentery, appendix, and mesoappendix. Clinical course is usually benign and outcome is favorable. We report a case of mesenteric panniculitis presenting as fever of unknown etiology in a patient with history of abdominal surgery.
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spelling pubmed-58331912018-04-18 Mesenteric Panniculitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Etiology in a Patient with History of Abdominal Surgery Irwin, Christopher P. Lee, Joo B. Kim, Andrew Eme, Ijagha Schofield, Christina Mount, George Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report Mesenteric panniculitis is characterized by nonspecific fibrous inflammation of the small bowel mesentery, appendix, and mesoappendix. Clinical course is usually benign and outcome is favorable. We report a case of mesenteric panniculitis presenting as fever of unknown etiology in a patient with history of abdominal surgery. Hindawi 2018-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5833191/ /pubmed/29670775 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5658039 Text en Copyright © 2018 Christopher P. Irwin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mesenteric Panniculitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Etiology in a Patient with History of Abdominal Surgery
title Mesenteric Panniculitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Etiology in a Patient with History of Abdominal Surgery
title_full Mesenteric Panniculitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Etiology in a Patient with History of Abdominal Surgery
title_fullStr Mesenteric Panniculitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Etiology in a Patient with History of Abdominal Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Mesenteric Panniculitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Etiology in a Patient with History of Abdominal Surgery
title_short Mesenteric Panniculitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Etiology in a Patient with History of Abdominal Surgery
title_sort mesenteric panniculitis presenting as fever of unknown etiology in a patient with history of abdominal surgery
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5833191/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/5658039
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