Mesenteric lymphadenitis is an inflammation of lymph nodes. The lymph nodes that become inflamed are in a membrane that attaches the intestine to the lower right region of the abdominal wall. These ...

Abdominal pain is a common and non-specific symptom after allogeneic PBSCT. Diagnosis frequently requires invasive diagnostic procedures. We report a patient with incapacitating abdominal pain of ...

, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. There are compelling reasons to use CT in the diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain, particularly in the elderly. The accuracy of CT in ...

OUR interest in retractile mesenteritis was first aroused when one of us (C.G.T.) was consulted on an exploratory laparotomy for a suspected tumor in the large bowel. The tumor was not found, and the ...

The sudden and rapid outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which has claimed more than 6.3 million lives ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multifaceted autoimmune condition that can affect virtually every organ system, including the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. GI involvement in SLE is ...