Presentation
Gluten loving celiac patient.
Patient Data
Age: 50 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Cavitating mesenteric lymph node syndrome in celiac disease
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Fat-fluid density in multiple enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes.
Case Discussion
Patients with celiac disease that are not compliant with low-gluten diets have ongoing inflammation in their duodenum/jejunum and draining lymph nodes. Mesenteric inflamed lymph nodes collect chyle resulting in this appearance (proposed mechanism).