Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis associated with herbal drugs presenting with asymptomatic fecal occult blood

A 77‐year‐old man who had been taking Chinese herbal drugs containing gardenia fruit for a long time visited our hospital following a positive fecal occult blood test. A computed tomography scan showed multiple linear calcifications distributed on the right‐side mesenteric veins, which is a typical...

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Autores principales: Sasaki, Yosuke, Saito, Manabu, Koshiba, Yumi, Zai, Hiroaki, Urita, Yoshihisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Images in Clinical Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5729353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.122
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Sumario:A 77‐year‐old man who had been taking Chinese herbal drugs containing gardenia fruit for a long time visited our hospital following a positive fecal occult blood test. A computed tomography scan showed multiple linear calcifications distributed on the right‐side mesenteric veins, which is a typical finding of idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis (IMP). [Image: see text]

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