Sistema gastrointestinal y digestivo

Abstracto

Mesenteric panniculitis, a study of 5 patients using daily olive oil including a husband and wife, could this have a role in the etiology ?

Makki H. Fayadh, Salim Awadh, Hadi Quadri, Dhia El Dib, Loai El kiwisney and Mervat Naguib

Mesenteric panniculitis (MP) is a rare fibroinflammatory disease of unknown etiology that usually affects the small-bowel mesentery, although it has also been shown to affect the mesocolon in 20% of all reported cases. Rare sites of involvement include mesoappendix, peripancreatic area, omentum, and pelvis. During our practice in UAE we came across 13 cases of mesenteric panniculitis over the last  3 years  of them 5 were using daily olive oil, 2 of them are non-blood related Palestinian husband and wife. To our knowledge this is the first report of mesenteric panniculitis in the same family in a husband and wife and 3 more patients associated with regular olive oil intake. The unique thing about these patients is the daily use of olive oil as part of their habits. Further studies are needed to look for the association between regular intake of olive oil and mesenteric panniculitis.