Acute mesenteric ischaemia: the continuing difficulty in early diagnosis

Five cases of acute intestinal ischaemia due to occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery, all with a delay in diagnosis, are reported here. These cases illustrate the continuing difficulties, in clinical practice, in recognizing mesenteric ischaemia before intestinal infarction has occurred, desp...

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Published in:Postgraduate medical journal 1993-01, Vol.69 (807), p.48-51
Main Authors: Heys, S. D., Brittenden, J., Crofts, T. J.
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Abdomen
Acute Disease
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Infarction - diagnosis
Infarction - etiology
Intestine, Small - blood supply
Ischemia - diagnosis
Ischemia - etiology
Male
Medical sciences
Mesenteric Artery, Superior
Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion - complications
Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion - diagnosis
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis
Other diseases. Semiology
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Acute Disease
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Infarction - diagnosis
Infarction - etiology
Intestine, Small - blood supply
Ischemia - diagnosis
Ischemia - etiology
Male
Medical sciences
Mesenteric Artery, Superior
Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion - complications
Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion - diagnosis
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis
Other diseases. Semiology
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