[Diagnostic image (21). Small intestine necrosis due to mesenteric venous thrombosis]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2001 Jan 20;145(3):130.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

An 80-year-old woman was taken to the hospital because of acute abdominal pain. At laparotomy, necrosis of a segment of the small bowel was found, caused by mesenteric vein thrombosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestine, Small / pathology*
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / diagnosis*
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / etiology
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / pathology
  • Mesenteric Veins / pathology
  • Necrosis
  • Venous Thrombosis / complications