What three stages is this entity said to pass through?
Mesenteric lipodystrophy; mesenteric panniculitis; retractile mesenteritis.
What is the most worrisome differential, which can occasionally is seen to develop from this condition?
Lymphoma, is said to eventually develop from up to 15% of cases.
Sparing of the fat surrounding soft tissue nodules (blue arrows) and vessels (red arrows) producing the so-called 'fat halo'.