Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis in the Setting of Ileitis: Case Report and Literature Review

Acute mesenteric vein thrombosis represents a rare but potentially lethal thrombotic event. Its treatment involves prompt and aggressive anticoagulation therapy. In the perioperative setting, management of the underlying thrombus must be weighed carefully against the risk of bleeding. We describe a...

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Autores principales: Elnaggar, Mohamed, Jandu, Jagmohan S, Beutler, Bryce D, Leong, Sally, McCain, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33240703
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11107
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author Elnaggar, Mohamed
Jandu, Jagmohan S
Beutler, Bryce D
Leong, Sally
McCain, Robert
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description Acute mesenteric vein thrombosis represents a rare but potentially lethal thrombotic event. Its treatment involves prompt and aggressive anticoagulation therapy. In the perioperative setting, management of the underlying thrombus must be weighed carefully against the risk of bleeding. We describe a 57-year-old man who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have terminal ileitis with concomitant superior mesenteric vein thrombosis.
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spelling pubmed-76825402020-11-24 Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis in the Setting of Ileitis: Case Report and Literature Review Elnaggar, Mohamed Jandu, Jagmohan S Beutler, Bryce D Leong, Sally McCain, Robert Cureus Internal Medicine Acute mesenteric vein thrombosis represents a rare but potentially lethal thrombotic event. Its treatment involves prompt and aggressive anticoagulation therapy. In the perioperative setting, management of the underlying thrombus must be weighed carefully against the risk of bleeding. We describe a 57-year-old man who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have terminal ileitis with concomitant superior mesenteric vein thrombosis. Cureus 2020-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7682540/ /pubmed/33240703 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11107 Text en Copyright © 2020, Elnaggar et al. http://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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Elnaggar, Mohamed
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Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis in the Setting of Ileitis: Case Report and Literature Review
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title_short Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis in the Setting of Ileitis: Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort superior mesenteric vein thrombosis in the setting of ileitis: case report and literature review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7682540/
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