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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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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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author | Jaleel, Zeyad Tareq Mathew, Vinu |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Jaleel, Zeyad Tareq Mathew, Vinu 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/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37025720 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35794 |
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