Characteristic CT findings of mesenteric panniculit

Mesenteric panniculitis is a disorder characterized by a chronic nonspecific inflammation involving the adipose tissue of the bowel mesentery. Mesenteric panniculitis is an uncommon disease of unknown etiology (1). The eti- ology and pathogenesis of the disease are very obscure. Various factors such as blunt abdominal trauma or prior surgery, cold, different drugs, vasculitis, vitamin defi- ciency, autoimmune processes and allergic disease have been suggested as possible causes (2). The disease has a 2-3 :1 male predilection and is seen more frequently in patients over 50 years old (3).