TY - JOUR
T1 - The Mesenteric Organ
T2 - New Anatomical Concepts and an Imaging-based Review on Its Diseases
AU - Dalla Pria, Hanna R.F.
AU - Torres, Ulysses S.
AU - Velloni, Fernanda
AU - Santiago, Rafael A.
AU - Zacarias, Marina S.
AU - Silva, Luis F.D.
AU - Tamamoto, Fernando
AU - Walsh, Dara
AU - von Atzingen, Augusto C.
AU - Coffey, John C.
AU - D'Ippolito, Giuseppe
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - The proposal of reclassifying the mesentery as an organ prompts clinicians and radiologists to reappraise their approach to it and to mesenteric diseases (mesenteropathies). Recent updates in mesenteric anatomy and the better comprehension of its structure constitute a basis to push forward the process of disease management and allow the development of less radical (including endoscopic, radiological, and pharmacotherapeutic) treatments. Radiological evaluation currently plays a pivotal role in the noninvasive characterization of abdominal diseases. Mesenteric-based radiological assessments form an essential component in planning radiological interventions and postoperative surveillance programs. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to provide an update on the new anatomical concepts related to the mesentery, also performing an imaging-based review of mesenteric diseases by categorizing them as primary and secondary.
AB - The proposal of reclassifying the mesentery as an organ prompts clinicians and radiologists to reappraise their approach to it and to mesenteric diseases (mesenteropathies). Recent updates in mesenteric anatomy and the better comprehension of its structure constitute a basis to push forward the process of disease management and allow the development of less radical (including endoscopic, radiological, and pharmacotherapeutic) treatments. Radiological evaluation currently plays a pivotal role in the noninvasive characterization of abdominal diseases. Mesenteric-based radiological assessments form an essential component in planning radiological interventions and postoperative surveillance programs. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to provide an update on the new anatomical concepts related to the mesentery, also performing an imaging-based review of mesenteric diseases by categorizing them as primary and secondary.
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U2 - 10.1053/j.sult.2019.02.001
DO - 10.1053/j.sult.2019.02.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31806150
AN - SCOPUS:85062972305
SN - 0887-2171
VL - 40
SP - 515
EP - 532
JO - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
JF - Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
IS - 6
ER -