Mesenteric ischaemic occurring in conjuction with acalculous cholecystitis: a case report

BACKGROUND: The incidence of mesenteric ischaemia is rising possibly due to increasing awareness and early diagnostic tools available. However it remains a challenging diagnosis especially in the elderly population. CASE REPORT: We report an unusual case of acute mesenteric ischaemia in an elderly l...

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Autores principales: Lim, Teegan, Tan, Benjamin HL, Pepple, T Reuben, Radhakrishnan, Nerukav, Afify, Samir, George, Regi
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19046456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-366
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author Lim, Teegan
Tan, Benjamin HL
Pepple, T Reuben
Radhakrishnan, Nerukav
Afify, Samir
George, Regi
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Tan, Benjamin HL
Pepple, T Reuben
Radhakrishnan, Nerukav
Afify, Samir
George, Regi
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description BACKGROUND: The incidence of mesenteric ischaemia is rising possibly due to increasing awareness and early diagnostic tools available. However it remains a challenging diagnosis especially in the elderly population. CASE REPORT: We report an unusual case of acute mesenteric ischaemia in an elderly lady occurring in conjunction with acalculous cholecystitis. A 71 year old woman was referred to our hospital with abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and pyrexia. An initial ultrasound scan of the abdomen revealed acute acalculous cholecystitis. CONCLUSION: She failed to respond to medical treatment and further investigations revealed concurrent mesenteric ischaemia.
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spelling pubmed-26138942009-01-06 Mesenteric ischaemic occurring in conjuction with acalculous cholecystitis: a case report Lim, Teegan Tan, Benjamin HL Pepple, T Reuben Radhakrishnan, Nerukav Afify, Samir George, Regi Cases J Case Report BACKGROUND: The incidence of mesenteric ischaemia is rising possibly due to increasing awareness and early diagnostic tools available. However it remains a challenging diagnosis especially in the elderly population. CASE REPORT: We report an unusual case of acute mesenteric ischaemia in an elderly lady occurring in conjunction with acalculous cholecystitis. A 71 year old woman was referred to our hospital with abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and pyrexia. An initial ultrasound scan of the abdomen revealed acute acalculous cholecystitis. CONCLUSION: She failed to respond to medical treatment and further investigations revealed concurrent mesenteric ischaemia. BioMed Central 2008-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2613894/ /pubmed/19046456 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-366 Text en Copyright © 2008 Lim et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lim, Teegan
Tan, Benjamin HL
Pepple, T Reuben
Radhakrishnan, Nerukav
Afify, Samir
George, Regi
Mesenteric ischaemic occurring in conjuction with acalculous cholecystitis: a case report
title Mesenteric ischaemic occurring in conjuction with acalculous cholecystitis: a case report
title_full Mesenteric ischaemic occurring in conjuction with acalculous cholecystitis: a case report
title_fullStr Mesenteric ischaemic occurring in conjuction with acalculous cholecystitis: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Mesenteric ischaemic occurring in conjuction with acalculous cholecystitis: a case report
title_short Mesenteric ischaemic occurring in conjuction with acalculous cholecystitis: a case report
title_sort mesenteric ischaemic occurring in conjuction with acalculous cholecystitis: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613894/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19046456
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-366
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