Abstract
Intra-abdominal panniculitis is a thickening of the mesentery of the small/large intestine
due to infiltration of lipid-laden macrophages associated with a variable amount of
fibrosis. This condition is rarely associated with malignant neoplasms. We report
the computed tomography (CT) findings of a patient treated for uterine papillary serous
adenocarcinoma (UPSC). She had mesenteric panniculitis where metastatic tumor nodules
implanted. This was the only intraperitoneal recurrence. To our knowledge, no such
finding has been reported in the gynecologic and radiologic literature to date. On
CT images, the differential diagnosis is with cystic dilatations of mesenteric lymph
vessels.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
October 10,
1998
Received:
September 10,
1998
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© 1999 Elsevier Science Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
