Mesenteric panniculitis (MP) is an inflammatory process of the mesenteric fat associated with a variable amount of fibrosis. We present the CT findings in four patients with MP. In three patients CT showed a fatty mass in the root of the mesentery and surrounding the mesenteric vessels without distorting them. The fourth patient presented an unusual form of MP with radiologically visible calcifications. Diagnosis was suggested preoperatively in two cases.

Calcinosis↗

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CT demonstration of intrapulmonary right brachiocephalic vein associated with an azygos lobe.

We describe a rare anomaly demonstrated by CT in which the right brachiocephalic vein follows an extramediastinal course in the anterior portion of the azygos fissure.

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Endobronchial lipoma: CT diagnosis.

Computed tomography was performed in two patients with endobronchial lipomas. Bronchoscopy was inconclusive, but CT provided the definitive diagnosis by demonstrating fat within the endobronchial tumor.

Bronchial Neoplasms↗