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ArticleBMJ case reports2023

Mesenteric panniculitis as a possible cause of fever of unknown origin.

Gregory Richard Lombana, Nisha Ajay Patel, Kevin P High

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 38% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gregory Richard LombanaGeneral Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA glombana@wakehealth.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1380-8514
Nisha Ajay PatelInternal Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Kevin P HighInfectious Diseases, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Wake Forest University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenteric panniculitis is a non-neoplastic condition involving inflammation and fibrosis of the small bowel mesentery. We describe a man in his 60s who presented with 3 months of febrile episodes, confusion and weight loss. The diagnosis of mesenteric panniculitis had been established 2 weeks prior based on an abdominal computerized tomography scan. Extensive diagnostic investigations during his hospitalisation were unrevealing, and the symptoms were ultimately attributed to the mesenteric panniculitis. The fevers resolved over several weeks, and no further episodes have occurred since discharge. This case suggests that mesenteric panniculitis merits consideration in the differential diagnosis of fever of unknown origin.

Indexed as

Fever of Unknown OriginPanniculitis, PeritonealAbdomenDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansMaleMiddle AgedTomography, X-Ray ComputedGastroenterologyRheumatologySurgical oncology

Identifiers

PMID37914174
PMCPMC10626911
OpenAlexW4388142163

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