mesenteric lymphadenitis

mesenteric lymphadenitis
inflammation of the mesenteric lymph nodes, causing pain and swelling resembling that in acute appendicitis. A septal form, which is frequently fatal, and a milder form, which is self-limited, may be caused by either Yersinia enterocolitica or Y. pseudotuberculosis. Called also mesenteric adenitis or lymphadenopathy.

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