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Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis as a Rare Complication of Appendicitis: A Report of Two Cases

Intra-abdominal inflammatory conditions, including acute appendicitis, are a common occurrence in the emergency department. In addition to employing various imaging modalities to determine the underlying cause, the consequences of these inflammatory diseases must be assessed. Thrombosis of the super...

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Autores principales: Jaleel, Zeyad Tareq, Mathew, Vinu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10072871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37025720
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35794
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description Intra-abdominal inflammatory conditions, including acute appendicitis, are a common occurrence in the emergency department. In addition to employing various imaging modalities to determine the underlying cause, the consequences of these inflammatory diseases must be assessed. Thrombosis of the superior mesenteric vein is a rare complication of acute appendicitis. It is essential to be aware of this complication as early diagnosis may improve patient prognosis given that this consequence has a high mortality rate.
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spelling pubmed-100728712023-04-05 Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis as a Rare Complication of Appendicitis: A Report of Two Cases Jaleel, Zeyad Tareq Mathew, Vinu Cureus Emergency Medicine Intra-abdominal inflammatory conditions, including acute appendicitis, are a common occurrence in the emergency department. In addition to employing various imaging modalities to determine the underlying cause, the consequences of these inflammatory diseases must be assessed. Thrombosis of the superior mesenteric vein is a rare complication of acute appendicitis. It is essential to be aware of this complication as early diagnosis may improve patient prognosis given that this consequence has a high mortality rate. Cureus 2023-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10072871/ /pubmed/37025720 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35794 Text en Copyright © 2023, Jaleel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis as a Rare Complication of Appendicitis: A Report of Two Cases
title Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis as a Rare Complication of Appendicitis: A Report of Two Cases
title_full Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis as a Rare Complication of Appendicitis: A Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis as a Rare Complication of Appendicitis: A Report of Two Cases
title_full_unstemmed Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis as a Rare Complication of Appendicitis: A Report of Two Cases
title_short Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis as a Rare Complication of Appendicitis: A Report of Two Cases
title_sort superior mesenteric vein thrombosis as a rare complication of appendicitis: a report of two cases
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10072871/
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