Mesenteric inflammatory veno-occlusive disease

Authors

  • Noel Ernesto Pedraza Alonso Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Isabel González Alemán Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

mesenteric vascular occlusion/diagnosis, inflammatory bowel diseases

Abstract

Bowel vasculitis can occur in the context of a systemic vasculitis or in association to Crohn's disease. It has recently been described the mesenteric inflammatory veno-occlusive disease (of unknown cause and limited to the mesenteric veins) as another form of intestinal ischemia; the presentation events are mesenteric venous thrombosis and intestinal infarction. The case of a 44-year-old patient who was admitted with abdominal pain and underwent surgery with a 135cms jejunal resection is reported. The pathological study showed intestinal hemorrhagic necrosis due to a mesenteric inflammatory veno-occlusive disease (mesenteric vasculitis). The awareness of this disease and its early diagnosis enabled a proper treatment and the survival of the patient.

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Author Biographies

Noel Ernesto Pedraza Alonso, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Anatomía Patológica. Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Ciencias Médica de Villa Claras “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Isabel González Alemán, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Anatomía Patológica. Profesora Auxiliar de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

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Pedraza Alonso NE, González Alemán I. Mesenteric inflammatory veno-occlusive disease. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2012 Jul. 13 [cited 2025 Jul. 15];6(3):71-6. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/747

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2012): July-September

Section

Case Reports

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