Mesenteric panniculitis is an infrequent pathology; the diagnosis is m
ade by the pathologist and it is characterized by inflamation, fibrosi
s and retraction of the mesenteric fat. We report three new cases of r
etractile mesenteritis or mesenteric panniculitis, two cases presented
with intestinal obstruction and the other had an abdominal tumour. In
all cases the pathological diagnosis was retractile mesenteritis.