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  • Sclerosing Mesenteritis: Facts

    - Nonspecific inflammatory and fibrosis of the mesenteric fat
    - Usually in 6th-7th decade of life
    - Presentation can range from acute abdomen to nausea and vomiting to weight loss
  • Sclerosing Mesenteritis: Facts

    - Classification is
    - Mesenteric panniculitis
    - Mesenteric lipodystrophy
    - Retractile mesenteritis (may be tumor like)

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