title: [Inusual presentation of mesenteric panniculitis].
abstract: Mesenteric Panniculitis is an inflammatory process, not tumoral, of the adipose tissue of the mesentery. There are documented several ways of clinical presentation, from asymptomatic until abdominal pain, affectation of general condition and loose weight. Exceptionally it is declared like only fever. Several treatments have been used, including colchicine, dapsone or corticosteroids associated or not with inmunosupresants, but there are no prospective controlled studies to define appropriate treatment; moreover, there are cases of regresion without specific therapy. Below we present the case of a patient affected for mesenteric panniculitis which the one clinical manifestation is fever predominance evening. The treatment with oral corticosteroids, for 2 years, resulted in the disappearance of the clinica.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina interna, Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia. silviarg77@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ruiz García
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yedra Alcaraz
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Villarinos Vivas
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015436:Panniculitis, Peritoneal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones