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Panniculitis, Peritoneal
Liposclerotic Mesenteritis; Mesenteric Lipodystrophy; Mesenteric Weber-Christian Disease; Omental Panniculitis; Retractile Mesenteritis; Sclerosing Mesenteritis; Lipodystrophy, Mesenteric; Mesenteric Weber Christian Disease; Mesenteritis, Liposclerotic
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.