Mesenteric panniculitis does not confer an increased risk for cancers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mesenteric panniculitis (MP) is a non-specific, localized inflammation at the mesentery of small intestines which often gets detected on computed tomography. An association with malignant neoplasms remains unclear. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine the association of malignancy with MP.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, and Cochrane databases were searched for articles published from inception to 2020 that evaluated the association of malignant neoplasms with MP in comparison with control groups. Using random-effects method, a summary odds ratio (OR) estimate with 95% confidence intervals for malignant neoplasms in MP was estimated.

Results

Four case-control studies reporting data on 415 MP patients against 1132 matched-co

SUBMITTER: Hussain I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9276205 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature