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Multimodality Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia
Published on: July 21, 2023
Abdominal angina in occlusive mesenteric vascular disease: a case report
1Westmead Hospital, Cnr Hawkesbury and Darcy Roads, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. bkitzing@gmail.com.
Introduction:
Abdominal angina is a descriptive term for abdominal pain that can occur postprandially in patients with occlusive mesenteric vascular disease due to insufficient increase in blood flow.
Case Presentation:
In this case a 60-year-old Caucasian woman with a 2 year history of abdominal angina presented to hospital for elective mesenteric revascularization surgery. Postoperative recovery was complicated by graft occlusion resulting in hepatic ischemia as well as splenic and small bowel infarction.
Conclusion:
This case highlights the importance of keeping this differential diagnosis in mind when dealing with patients who have a long history of abdominal pain and discusses some of the complications that may occur after surgical treatment.
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