Two Cases of Acute Mesenteric Infarction Due to Superior Mesenteric Arterial and Venous Branch Occlusion.
- Author:
Hyung Kil KANG
1
;
Jun HUR
;
Jung Hoon BAE
;
Tae Kyung SON
;
Young Cheol LEE
;
Bong Hwa LEE
;
Chang Sig CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Acute mesenteric infarction;
Focal segmental ischemia;
Mesenteric venous thrombosis
- MeSH:
Angiography;
Catastrophic Illness;
Ileum;
Infarction*;
Intestine, Small;
Intestines;
Ischemia;
Mortality;
Necrosis;
Venous Thrombosis
- From:Journal of the Korean Society for Vascular Surgery
1999;15(1):122-129
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Acute mesenteric infarction is a catastrophic illness representing a diverse spectrum of pathologic conditions which ultimately lead to necrosis of the intestine and which is uniformly fatal if left untreated. Despite better understanding of the disease process, acute mesenteric infarction continues to be a lethal disorder with high mortality rate. We experienced two cases of acute mesenteric infarction due to superior mesenteric arterial and venous branch occlusion, respectively, in recent years: One case was focal segmental ischemia with normal radiologic finding including angiography, successfully treated with segmental resection of the necrotized ileum, another case was mesenteric venous thrombosis, also treated with resection of necrotized small intestine followed by second look operation.
