With CT scans picking up more cases of sclerosing mesenteritis, be prepared to diagnose this poorly understood autoimmune disease.

For example, previous research has shown that other pain arising from the parietal peritoneum is made worse by movement, and quickly goes away when whatever is exacerbating the pain is taken away ...

A baby seal found stranded on a street near Connecticut’s Yale University last month has died from severe digestive issues, a local aquarium announced Monday.

In a major breakthrough, clinicians and scientists from Singapore have shed light on the intricate mechanisms behind the spread of gastric cancer to the peritoneum.

The same mesentery-sparing technique described above was employed for sectioning and isolating the ileal segments. Even with the ileal segment fixed to the urethral anastomosis, this technique was ...

Characterizing the rare abdominal neoplasms of peritoneum, retroperitoneum, and overlapping sites of peritoneum and retroperitoneum: A review of NCDB database.. If you have the appropriate software ...

The mesentery is a newly classified organ in your abdomen. Learn more about what it does here.

The mesentery is the organ to which all digestive organs in the abdomen attach. Diseases affecting the mesentery can either be primary or secondary. Learn more here.

Mesenteric lymphoma develops in a layer of tissue in your abdomen called the mesentery. Learn about symptoms, causes, treatment, and more.

Background: For laparoscopic right hemicolectomy, the intermediate approach is commonly employed. However, this approach possesses several disadvantages. In this study, we compare priority access to ...

The reported primary tumors of peritoneum are scarce, including extraovarian primary peritoneal carcinoma, malignant mesothelioma, multicystic mesothelioma, leiomyosarcomas, leiomyomatosis ...