CASE REPORT   

Chirurgia 2025 April;38(2):130-2

DOI: 10.23736/S0394-9508.23.05662-0

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language: English

A rare cause of ileus: mesenteric panniculitis

Cem E. GULDOGAN ^{1, 2} ✉, Mehmet O. GÜLSEREN ^{1, 3}, Beşir ŞIMŞEK ^{1, 4}, Bariş SAYLAM ^{1, 5}

¹ Department of General Surgery, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye; ² Department of General Surgery, Qatar Turkish Hospital, Doha, Qatar; ³ Department of General Surgery, Balikesir State Hospital, Balikesir, Türkiye; ⁴ Department of General Surgery, Private Clinic, Antalya, Türkiye; ⁵ Department of General Surgery, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye

Mesenteric panniculitis (MP) is a benign disease affecting the mesentery’s fatty tissue, characterized by fibrosis, recurrent inflammation, and necrosis of adipose tissue. The exact cause is still unknown, and diagnosis typically relies on computed tomography (CT) scans, often confirmed through surgical biopsies. This study presents a rare case of MP in a patient presenting with ileus without any identifiable causative factors.

KEY WORDS: Ileus; Panniculitis, peritoneal; Case reports