Open AccessEfficacy of colchicine in the treatment of mesenteric panniculitis in a young patient
Author(s) -
Kostas Fasoulas,
Athanasios Beltsis,
Taxiarchis Katsinelos,
Eleni Dimou,
M. Arvaniti,
Anna Charsoula,
Victor Gourvas,
Stefanos Atmatzidis,
Grigoris Chatzimavroudis,
Panagiotis Katsinelos
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.93825
Subject(s) - medicine , colchicine , mesentery , etiology , panniculitis , pathology , rare disease , radiology , dermatology , disease
Mesenteric panniculitis (MP) is a rare inflammatory and fibrotic disease of the mesentery of unknown etiology. It has various clinical and radiological manifestations, posing a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. Its diagnosis is indicated via radiologic imaging and is usually confirmed via peritoneal biopsies. We describe a case of a patient with histopathologically proven MP, in which steroid dependence was successfully managed with colchicine.