68-year-old male status post laparoscopic cholecystectomy found to have a mesenteric/small bowel mass ABDOMEN:LIVER, BILIARY TRACT: Scattered T2 hyperintense foci in the liver, likely benign. The hepatic vasculature is patent. Status post cholecystectomy. No biliary ductal dilation.SPLEEN: No significant abnormality noted.PANCREAS: No significant abnormality noted.ADRENAL GLANDS: No significant abnormality noted.KIDNEYS, URETERS: No significant abnormality noted.RETROPERITONEUM, LYMPH NODES: Focal chronic dissection of the infrarenal abdominal aorta. Duplicated IVC.BOWEL, MESENTERY: Encapsulated, nonenhancing and predominantly fatty mesenteric mass measures 15.2 x 6.1 cm (series 12, image 74). Multiple mesenteric vessels course through this mass including the SMA and SMV. No significant nodularity or lymphadenopathy.Cystic structure contiguous with the duodenum suggestive of a duodenal diverticulum (series 9, image 19).BONES, SOFT TISSUES: No significant abnormality noted.PELVIS:PROSTATE, SEMINAL VESICLES: No significant abnormality noted.BLADDER: No significant abnormality noted.LYMPH NODES: No significant abnormality noted.BOWEL, MESENTERY: No significant abnormality noted.BONES, SOFT TISSUES: No significant abnormality noted.
Large fat-containing mesenteric mass most consistent with mesenteric panniculitis.