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mesenteric lymphadenitis

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mesenteric lymphadenitis

[¦mez·ən¦ter·ik lim‚fad·ən′īd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the lymph nodes in the mesentery.
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References in periodicals archive
Acute non-specific mesenteric lymphadenitis. Br Med J 1945:2(4428):680-2.
Septicema, appendicitis, and mesenteric lymphadenitis. Am J Trop Med Hyg.
of Cases Appendicitis 45 Adhesions 5 Appendicitis+Adhesions 5 Normal Study 5 Appendicitis+Adnexitis 3 Mesenteric Lymphadenitis 2 Appendicitis+Mesenteric Lymphadenitis 1 Right Adnexal Cyst+Adhesions 1 Adnexitis 1 Hydrosalpinx 1 Mesenteric Panniculitis+Adhesions 1 Meckel's Diverticulitis 1 Abdominal TB 1 Total 72 RESULTS
The rest 16% of patients had other coexisting findings like adhesions, adnexitis, and mesenteric lymphadenitis.
Mesenteric lymphadenitis was found in 5% of cases and may be due to infectious cause of bowel like colitis, gastroenteritis or enteric fever.
Pelvic inflammatory 25% disease Abdominal tuberculosis 12% Chronic appendicitis 8% Mesenteric lymphadenitis 5% Diverticulosis 2 % Post operative hospital stay 1.8 [+ or -] 1.4 days
Mesenteric Lymphadenitis may clinically mimic acute appendicitis, intussusception, and other causes of acute abdominal pain.
Atypical micro-bacterial mesenteric lymphadenitis in childhood as an abdominal mass.
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