Mesenteric panniculitis: a clinical conundrum

Mesenteric panniculitis is encountered frequently during abdominopelvic CT scanning, often as an incidental finding. The observation is problematic because an association with malignancy has been raised in the literature. This review will describe the CT appearances and examine the available evidenc...

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Autores principales: Eze, Vivienne N, Halligan, Steve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology. 2023
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9975531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35766953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20211369
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description Mesenteric panniculitis is encountered frequently during abdominopelvic CT scanning, often as an incidental finding. The observation is problematic because an association with malignancy has been raised in the literature. This review will describe the CT appearances and examine the available evidence regarding the significance of this finding. Ultimately, the literature remains unclear regarding how these patients should be managed, if at all.
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spelling pubmed-99755312023-03-02 Mesenteric panniculitis: a clinical conundrum Eze, Vivienne N Halligan, Steve Br J Radiol Review Article Mesenteric panniculitis is encountered frequently during abdominopelvic CT scanning, often as an incidental finding. The observation is problematic because an association with malignancy has been raised in the literature. This review will describe the CT appearances and examine the available evidence regarding the significance of this finding. Ultimately, the literature remains unclear regarding how these patients should be managed, if at all. The British Institute of Radiology. 2023-02 2022-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9975531/ /pubmed/35766953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20211369 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted non-commercial reuse, provided the original author and source are credited.
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