A 60-year-old woman presents with abdominal discomfort.

Fig. 108.1 Axial CT image with oral and intravenous contrast demonstrates a hazy appearance to the mesentery with small mesenteric lymph nodes.

Misty mesentery

• Mesenteric panniculitis
  
• Malignancy, specifically non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  
• Inflammation due to processes such as inflammatory bowel disease and pancreatitis
  
• Infection
  
• Mesenteric edema/lymphedema
  
• Trauma and hemorrhage