title: [Mesenteric panniculitis--case report].
abstract: Mesenteric panniculitis is a very rare disease usually involving the mesentery of the small bowel, less frequently the sigmoid colon or other intraabdominal fat tissue. The disease is benign with a favorable prognosis. Diagnosis is, as a rule, established at operation or autopsy and histology. A 58 year old male with this disease is presented. The paticut hod mild abdominal pain and a palpable mass. A tumor of the mesentery was suspected on CT scan. The exact diagnosis was established at operation and confirmed at histology.
authors.affiliation: Institut za bolesti digestivnog sistema KCS, I hirurska klinika za digestivne bolesti, Beograd.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Colović
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Micev
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Matić
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kalezić
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Vucićević
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jagodić
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Ranković
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015436:Panniculitis, Peritoneal / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Mezentericni panikulitis--prikaz bolesnika.