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Mesenteric panniculitis presenting with autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
Brynjar Vidarsson1, Páll Matthíasson, Bjarni A Agnarsson
1Department of Haematology, Landspítali University Hospital, Hringbraut, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland.
Acta Haematologica
|January 31, 2002
Abstract:
Mesenteric panniculitis is a rare idiopathic inflammatory disorder that can lead to sclerosis. We describe a patient with mesenteric panniculitis presenting with abdominal symptoms and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia. The symptoms remitted after splenectomy and gradual steroid taper. This may suggest an autoimmune component in the aetiology of mesenteric panniculitis.