Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare inflammatory and fibrotic process that affects the small intestine mesentery. It may occur following abdominal surgery or in association with a variety of conditions, including malignancy, infection, and certain autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. Herein, an unusual case of mesenteric panniculitis in a patient with primary Sjögren's syndrome will be present...

CT: computed tomography EUS: endoscopic ultrasound scan IPMN: intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm MRCP: magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography MPD: main pancreatic duct INTRODUCTION Pancreatic panniculitis is a rare skin manifestation of pancreatic disease. It is believed to result from seepage of pancreatic enzymes into the systemic circulation, which leads to skin and occasionally jo...

Sir, Lipodermatosclerosis (LDS), also reported as liposclerosis, hypodermatitis sclerodermaformis, sclerosing panniculitis, pseudoscleroderma, indurated cellulitis, stasis panniculitis and chronic cellulitis, is characterized by a scleroderma-like induration of the skin and a typical ‘inverted champagne bottle’ sign. Although considerable progress has been made in understanding the pathophysiol...

Address for correspondence: Maria Weryńska-Kalemba MD, PhD, Chair and Clinical Department of Internal Diseases, Dermatology and Allergology, Medical University of Silesia, 10 M. Skłodowskiej-Curie St, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland, phone: +48 664 968 021, fax: +48 32 271 31 65, e-mail: [email protected] Received: 9.03.2015, accepted: 11.05.2015. A case of lipoatrophic panniculitis in a 2-year-ol...

Three patients presented with septal fasciitis and panniculitis, associated with clinical and laboratory features which precluded straight-forward classification into eosinophilic fasciitis, localised scleroderma, or lupus erythematosus profundus. Treatment with cimetidine caused the remission of cutaneous manifestations and the extracutaneous abnormalities, such as nailfold capillary disturban...

A case is described of Weber-Christian panniculitis accompanied by a gammaglobulin disturbance which preceded by five years the diagnosis of an autoimmune hepatitis and pancytopenia. Also associated was the onset of diabetes mellitus, found at necropsy to be related to pancreatic islet amyloid deposition. This case reinforces the view that Weber-Christian panniculitis may be an adipose response...

Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare entity of benign features that affects the intestinal mesenteric fat tissue and can progress in different ways, from spontaneous resolution to fibrosis. The etiology is still uncertain, probably caused by trauma, infection or surgery. We report a case of a 64-year-old male patient who suddenly began with abdominal pain and leukocytosis. Diagnosis of mesenteric ...