title: Acute mesenteric infarction caused by small vessel disease.
abstract: A case of acute mesenteric infarction caused by small vessel disease is reported. The patient recovered after 2 operations by which extensive bowel-resections were performed. The resected bowel showed intimal hyperplasia and atherosclerosis of the small mesenteric arteries. Since also thrombocytosis and increased platelet aggregation was demonstrated the main cause of thrombosis however is supposed to be hypercoagulability.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000150:complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications