Open AccessWidespread Mesenteric Venous Thrombosis And Cirrhosis Diagnosed With Autopsy
Author(s) -
İlhami Kömür,
Rıfat Özgür Özdemirel,
Bünyamin Başpınar,
Bülent Şam,
Ferah Karayel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1306-696X
DOI - 10.5505/tjtes.2015.47037
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , mesenteric vein , cirrhosis , thrombosis , asymptomatic , superior mesenteric vein , splenic vein , etiology , venous thrombosis , portal vein thrombosis , laparotomy , radiology , gastroenterology , pathology , portal hypertension , portal vein
Mesenteric venous thrombosis is a rare disorder with a high mortality rate. Since patients remain asymptomatic, diagnosis of the disease is difficult. Diagnosis can be mainly made with either laparotomy or autopsy. Many factors are considered in the etiology of mesenteric venous thrombosis. Liver cirrhosis and chronic pyelonephritis, which we detected in the autopsy and histologic examination of our case, are considered as two of the factors. In our study, it was aimed to present a case with near-total intestinal necrosis caused by portal vein thrombosis which spread to the lineal vein, pancreatic vein and to the branches of superior mesenteric veins.