title: [Necrotizing panniculitis of the colon--a rare form of mesenterial panniculitis].
abstract: A 37-year old man was admitted with colics in the upper right abdomen. Since the laparoscopy revealed a massive thickening of the right colonic flexure a hemicolectomy was performed. The histologic examination yielded the diagnosis of a necrotizing panniculitis of the colon, a rare variant of mesenterial panniculitis usually occurring in the small intestine. Signs and symptoms, diagnostics, and therapeutic approaches of this disorder of unknown cause are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik, Kantonsspital Nidwalden, Stans.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herzig
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pirani
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Gebbers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003082:Colectomy / Q000379:methods; D003106:Colon / Q000473:pathology; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D015436:Panniculitis, Peritoneal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Nekrotisierende Pannikulitis des Kolon--eine seltene Form der Panniculitis mesenterialis.