Although it is asymptomatic in majority of the cases, our patient interestingly was symptomatic with recurrent episodes of abdominal pain. Nidimusili A, Eisa N, Shaheen K. Misty Mesentery: Recurrent Mesenteric Panniculitis [abstract]. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2014; 9 (suppl 2).
Rheumatology represents a subspecialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, which is devoted to adequate diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases (including clinical problems in joints, soft tissues, heritable connective tissue disorders, vasculitis and autoimmune diseases).
Key aspects of modern rheumatology. Rheumatology has changed significantly over the last twenty years from a largely inpatient based specialty with poorly effective treatment modalities, to an outpatient based specialty with targeted and science-based therapies.