An unusual case of chronic mesenteric ischemia: Case report

Qusay Abdoh, PhD; Mohammad Alnees, MD; Tayseer Sabooh, MD; Zaid Sowaity, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Sep 2023)

An unusual case of chronic mesenteric ischemia: Case report

Qusay Abdoh, PhD,
Mohammad Alnees, MD,
Tayseer Sabooh, MD,
Zaid Sowaity, MD

Affiliations

Qusay Abdoh, PhD: Department of Gastroenterology, An-Najah National University Hospital, Nablus, Palestine; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine; Corresponding author.
Mohammad Alnees, MD: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
Tayseer Sabooh, MD: Faculty of Medicine, Al Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine
Zaid Sowaity, MD: Faculty of Medicine, Al Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 9
pp. 3304 – 3308

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Chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is a rare cause of abdominal pain with risk factors as Diabetes, Hypertension, smoking and age above 65-year-old age. A 55 -year-old man, a heavy smoker, with no other risk factor for chronic mesenteric ischemia, presented with a recurrent episodes of abdominal pain. Many differential diagnoses were excluded, CT angiography was showed Inferior Mesenteric artery (IMA) and superior Mesenteric artery (SMA) stenosis, then the Intervention was done successful. Gastric ulcers that are resistant to treatment, H. pylori negative and with no history of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) use should be investigated for a possible ischemic.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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