Mesenteric adenitis

Borderon JC, Despert F, Le Touze A, Boscq M, Quentin R, Laugier J. Mesenteric adenitis due to BCG in an 8-year-old girl with AIDS vaccinated at the age of 1 month. Med Mai Infect 1996 26(Special Issue Jun) 676-8. 

Nonsurgical Gastroenteritis Ileocecitis Crohn s disease Schonlein-Henoch purpura Mesenteric adenitis Primary fat epiploic lesions Peritonitis Constipation Paralytic ileus... 

Mesenteric adenitis is a consequence of an enteric infection, usually viral, that predominantly affects mesenteric lymph nodes. It is the most frequent diagnosis in children who are found to have a normal appendix at surgery (Hayes 2004). Mesenteric lymphadenitis is a self-limiting condition requiring only symptomatic treatment. Mesenteric lymph nodes located at the middle abdomen to the right of the umbilicus, or less frequently at the RLQ, are visualized on US as oval, hypoechoic masses increased in number or size (Fig. 1.75a). In nearly 25% of asymptomatic patients more than five lymph nodes can be observed (Wiersma et al. 2005). Otherwise, a short-axis diameter of 8 mm on CT and 10 mm on US have been proposed as the upper limit of normal lymph node size (Karmazin et al. 2005 Wiersma et al. 2005). Lymphadenopa-... 

Puylaert JB (1986b) Mesenteric adenitis and acute terminal ileitis US evaluation using graded compression. Radiology 161 691-695... 

Macari M, Hines J, Balthazar E et al (2002) Mesenteric adenitis CT diagnosis of primary versus secondary causes, incidence, and clinical significance in pediatric and adult patients. AJR Am J Roentgenol 178 853-858... 

Rao PM, Rhea JT, Novelline RA (1997) CT diagnosis of mesenteric adenitis. Radiology 202 145-149... 

Furthermore, among the more common acute abdominal conditions enumerated in de Dombal s series, Crohn s disease, epiploic appendagitis, infectious ileitis, mesenteric adenitis, omental infarc-... 

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