SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN OCCLUSION PRESENTING WITH A MASSIVE VASCULARMALFORMATION OF THE COLON

Authors
CLEMENTS WDB CUNNICK G HULL D
Citation
Wdb. Clements et al., SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN OCCLUSION PRESENTING WITH A MASSIVE VASCULARMALFORMATION OF THE COLON, British journal of clinical practice, 51(3), 1997, pp. 189-191
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
British journal of clinical practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070947
Volume
51
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
189 - 191
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0947(1997)51:3<189:SMVOPW>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Superior mesenteric vein occlusion is a rare condition which has prote an clinical manifestations, It frequently occurs secondary to an under lying coagulation defect. We present the case of a young female who pr esented uniquely with a massive colonic vascular malformation and who had various predisposing factors, the most serious being a protein C d eficiency.