Mesenteric Panniculitis in A Patient with Dengue Fever

Authors

  • Lubna Ahmed Nandita Specialist, Internal Medicine Department, United Hospital Limited, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
  • Nusrat Jahan Associate consultant, Internal Medicine Department, United Hospital Limited, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
  • Md Iqbal Hossain Senior consultant, Internal Medicine Department, United Hospital Limited, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bccj.v11i1.66046

Keywords:

Mesenteric panniculitis, Dengue fever, Subacute intestinal obstruction

Abstract

Mesenteric panniculitis or sclerosing panniculitis is a chronic nonspecific inflammation of mesentery adipose tissue of
small intestine and colon. It can also rarely involve retroperitoneal, pelvic and peripancreatic fat. No specific etiology
has been found behind this rare disease. It is most commonly associated with abdominal surgery, autoimmune disease
and malignancy. Here we present a case of a middle-aged man with history of abdominal surgery and he was presented
to us with dengue fever. His hospital course was complicated with sudden, severe abdominal pain with clinical features
of subacute intestinal obstruction, and mesenteric panniculitis was diagnosed during further evaluation. It was a great
challenge for us not only to diagnose such a disease of rare spectrum, but also to manage this patient who was already
suffering from another agonizing disease, dengue fever

Bangladesh Crit Care J March 2023; 11 (1): 61-64

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Published

2023-05-21

How to Cite

Nandita, L. A. ., Jahan, N., & Hossain, M. I. . (2023). Mesenteric Panniculitis in A Patient with Dengue Fever. Bangladesh Critical Care Journal, 11(1), 61–64. https://doi.org/10.3329/bccj.v11i1.66046

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2023)

Section

Case Reports

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