Table 5.
Follow-up data (5-year) in patients with mesenteric panniculitis (MP)
| Variable | Patients with MP |
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|---|---|---|---|
| All patients | Patients with malignancy | Patients without malignancy | |
| Number of patients | 94 | 46 | 48 |
| Lost to follow-up | 4 (4.3) | 1 (2.2) | 3 (6.3)a |
| Died | 27 (28.7) | 22 (47.8) | 5 (10.4)a |
| Follow-up CT examination | |||
| Number of patients | 37 (39.4) | 22 | 15 |
| Number of examinations | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (3) |
| Stabilization of findings | 26 | 17 | 9 |
| Regression/normalization of findings | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Progression of findings | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pain symptoms | |||
| Persistent pain | 9/51 (17.6) | 3/15 (20.0) | 6/36 (16.7) |
| Regression of pain | 42/51 (82.4) | 12/15 (80.0) | 30/36 (83.3) |
Values are median and interquartile range (25th–75th percentile) or number and percentage, where appropriate.
a
p ≤ 0.05.