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A case of mesenteric panniculitis associated with metastatic poorly differentiated cancer of unknown primary site.

Chaozer ErVanessa Hwee Ting TeyNavin KuthiahVeeraraghavan M Aravamudan
Published in: Oxford medical case reports (2019)
Mesenteric panniculitis is the inflammation of intestinal mesentery. It may be associated with malignancy. We present a case of mesenteric panniculitis that manifested as unresolved fever which subsequently was found to be due to poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma.
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