Open AccessA case of mesenteric panniculitis associated with metastatic poorly differentiated cancer of unknown primary site
Author(s) -
Chaozer Er,
Vanessa Hwee Ting Tey,
Navin Kuthiah,
Veeraraghavan Meyyur Aravamudan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
oxford medical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.169
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2053-8855
DOI - 10.1093/omcr/omz023
Subject(s) - medicine , mesentery , malignancy , panniculitis , pathology , metastatic carcinoma , metastasis , cancer , carcinoma
Mesenteric panniculitis is the inflammation of intestinal mesentery. It may be associated with malignancy. We present a case of mesenteric panniculitis that manifested as unresolved fever which subsequently was found to be due to poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma.
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