A Case of Superior Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis Due to Protein C Deficiency in a Patient with Duodenal Ulcer Bleeding.
- Author:
Jae Gon WOO
1
;
Ji Eun LEE
;
Oh Un KWON
;
Kyoung Won JUNG
;
Chang Wook JUNG
;
Dae Hyeon CHO
;
Kil Jong YU
;
Sang Goon SHIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report ; English Abstract
- Keywords: Mesenteric venous thrombosis; Protein C deficiency; Mesenteric vascular disease
- MeSH: Duodenal Ulcer/*complications/diagnosis; Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; Humans; Male; *Mesenteric Veins; Middle Aged; Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage/*complications; Protein C Deficiency/*complications/diagnosis; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Venous Thrombosis/*diagnosis/etiology/ultrasonography
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2011;57(1):34-37
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
- Abstract: Mesenteric venous thrombosis is a clinically very rare disease, and may cause bowel infarction and gangrene. Difficulty in the dignosis the disease due to its non-specific symptoms and low prevalence can cause a clinically fatal situation. Mesenteric venous thrombosis may be caused by both congenital and acquired factors, and protein C deficiency, which is a very rare genetic disorder, is one of many causes of mesenteric thrombosis. The authors experienced a case of mesenteric venous thrombosis caused by protein C deficiency in a patient with duodenal ulcer bleeding, so here we report a case together with literature review.
