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Abstract
INFLAMMATION of the underlying layer of ADIPOSE TISSUE (panniculus) of the PERITONEUM, usually of the MESENTERY or the OMENTUM. There are several forms with various names and are usually characterized by infiltration of LYMPHOCYTES and NEUTROPHILS, fat NECROSIS, and FIBROSIS.
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- Panniculitis, Peritoneal
- Liposclerotic Mesenteritis
- Mesenteric Lipodystrophy
- Mesenteric Panniculitis
- Mesenteric Weber-Christian Disease
- Omental Panniculitis
- Retractile Mesenteritis
- Sclerosing Mesenteritis
- Lipodystrophy, Mesenteric
- Mesenteric Weber Christian Disease
- Mesenteritis, Liposclerotic
- Mesenteritis, Retractile
- Mesenteritis, Sclerosing
- Panniculitis, Mesenteric
- Panniculitis, Omental
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- Mesentery (1966-1988)
- Panniculitis, Nodular Nonsuppurative (1966-1988)
- Peritoneal Diseases (1966-1988)
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- National Library of Medicine. Peritoneal Panniculitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015436. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015436
- Peritoneal Panniculitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55093289