PRIMARY MESENTERIC VENOUS THROMBOSIS - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF ABDOMINAL-PAIN IN A YOUNG, HEALTHY WOMAN

Authors
MOCK JN ORSAY EM
Citation
Jn. Mock et Em. Orsay, PRIMARY MESENTERIC VENOUS THROMBOSIS - AN UNUSUAL CAUSE OF ABDOMINAL-PAIN IN A YOUNG, HEALTHY WOMAN, Annals of emergency medicine, 23(2), 1994, pp. 352-355
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Annals of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960644
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
352 - 355
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0644(1994)23:2<352:PMVT-A>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A 24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with acute a bdominal pain and a physical examination consistent with acute pelvic inflammatory disease. She was treated and released only to return seve ral hours later with worsening of her condition and unstable vital sig ns. Laparotomy revealed acute mesenteric venous thrombosis with patent mesenteric arteries. This is an unusual case of mesenteric thrombosis in a young, healthy woman.