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Figure 1. CT findings of mesenteric panniculitis (MP). Non-enhanced abdominal CT at the mid-abdomen shows a well-defined, inhomogeneous fatty lesion, with higher attenuation than the normal retroperitoneal fat, confined by a highly-attenuated stripe representing a tumoural pseudocapsule (thick arrows), with an engorged mesenteric vessel and scattered discrete nodules of soft-tissue density, some of which are engulfed by a hypodense fatty halo (thin arrow).

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