J.W.B. (V.A.H. 10,928), a 34-year-old man, was admitted to the hospital on October 27, 1956, and a clinical diagnosis of subacute bacterial endocarditis was made. Blood culture demonstrated an ...

Multiple options are available to treat mesenteric ischemia. Learn about these now. A bowel resection is a surgical procedure ...

When you have mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT), you ... to the intestines because it can lead to a serious condition where bowel tissue starts to die If it seems clear you have acute mesenteric ...

If we assume that the perforation of the duodenal ulcer occurred first, it was likely that it led to mesenteric venous thrombosis causing ischaemic infarction of the small bowel. The histology ...

The cecum and the small bowel were delivered through the wound onto the surface of the abdomen. The small intestine and cecum were dusky and cyanotic, the veins of the mesentery were engorged ...

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA ... preventing movement of food through the small intestine. That causes bowel obstruction that widens and damages the duodenum. This is a very rare condition ...

Background: Acute mesenteric ischaemia and duodenal perforation are surgical emergencies with serious consequences. Patients presenting with acute mesenteric ischaemia alone face a high mortality ...

Recent studies had investigated immune responses in mesenteric lymph nodes in models of ulcerative colitis, another chronic inflammatory bowel disease that exclusively affects the large intestine.