OCCLUSION OF THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC-ARTERY IN A PATIENT WITH POLYCYTHEMIA-VERA - RESOLUTION WITH PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY

Authors
BERTRAN X MUCHART J PLANAS R REAL MI RIBERA JM CABRE E MENACHO M GASSULL MA
Citation
X. Bertran et al., OCCLUSION OF THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC-ARTERY IN A PATIENT WITH POLYCYTHEMIA-VERA - RESOLUTION WITH PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY, Annals of hematology, 72(2), 1996, pp. 89-91
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Annals of hematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09395555
Volume
72
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
89 - 91
Database
ISI
SICI code
0939-5555(1996)72:2<89:OOTSMI>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
The case is reported of a 46-year-old male patient with polycythemia v era (PV) treated with phlebotomy who developed an occlusive thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery 2 years after the diagnosis. He was successfully managed with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. The patient did not develop any other thrombotic phenomena. To our knowled ge, there are no previous reports on the use of percutaneous translumi nal angioplasty in the management of arterial thrombotic complications in PV patients.