title: Protein-loosing enteropathy in sclerosing mesenteritis.
abstract: Sclerosing mesenteritis (SM) is a rare, idiopathic disorder of unknown aetiology that involves the adipose tissue of the mesentery, being characterized by chronic and non-specific fibrous inflammation. Patients usually present with non-specific clinical manifestations, such as abdominal pain and diarrhoea. The diagnosis of SM is difficult and it can be definitely established only by means of surgical or imaging-guided biopsy. Different therapeutic strategies have been used in case series with different rate of success. The disease is generally self-limiting, and the long-term prognosis is good, even if some cases of severe SM are reported in literature. Here, we report a fatal case of sclerosing mesenteritis associated to protein-losing enteropathy.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology, Colorectal Surgery, Radiology, Pathology; Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University "Federico II" of Naples, Italy. antoniorispo@email.it.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rispo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sica
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bucci
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Musto
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Camera
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciancia
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luglio
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Caporaso
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015436:Panniculitis, Peritoneal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*