Clinical significance of mesenteric panniculitis-like abnormalities on abdominal computerized tomography in patients with malignant neoplasms

Table 1 Cancer types in patients with computed tomography findings of mesenteric panniculitis

Total patients	n = 100
Lymphomas	n = 36
Follicular	17
Diffuse large B cell	9
Small lymphocytic	3
Mantle cell	2
T cell	2
Other (Burkitt, Hodgkin, Marginal zone B cell)	3
Solid tumors	n = 64
Prostate	7
Renal cell	6
Lung	6
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia	5
Bladder	5
Endometrial	5
Breast	4
Colon	3
Rectal	3
Other	20

Table 2 Cancer subtypes in 19 patients with new malignancy and mesenteric panniculitis

6	Follicular lymphoma
2	T cell lymphoma
2	Endometrial cancer
1	Acute myeloid leukemia
1	Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
1	Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
1	Esophageal cancer
1	Small cell lung cancer
1	Lung adenocarcinoma, with diffuse metastases
1	Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm
1	Bladder cancer
1	Melanoma, metastases to small bowel

Table 3 Cancer subtypes in 81 patients with known malignancy and mesenteric panniculitis-like findings on computed tomography n (%)

Cancer subtype	Number of patients
Lymphomas	27 (33)
Follicular	11 (41)
Diffuse large B cell	6 (30)
Small lymphocytic lymphoma	3 (11)
Mantle cell	2 (7)
Burkitt’s, Hodgkin’s, marginal zone B cell	3 (11)
Solid tumors	45 (67)
Prostate	7 (9)
Renal cell	6 (7)
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia	5 (6)
Lung	5 (6)
Bladder	4 (5)
Breast	4 (5)
Colon	3 (4)
Endometrial	3 (4)
Rectal	3 (4)
Pancreatic	2 (3)
Myelodysplasia	2 (3)
Other - gallbladder, ampullary, chronic myeloid leukemia, gastric, glioma, IPMN, salivary gland adenocarcinoma, small bowel carcinoid, neuroendocrine tumor	10 (12) total

IPMN: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm.