title: Transmural bowel infarction: a rare complication of aortic dissection.
abstract: A 50 year old hypertensive man presented with acute epigastric pain associated with massive gastrointestinal bleed and died within 48 hours of admission. Autopsy revealed transmural infarction of the gut due to a long aortic dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Morbid Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Lobo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Datta
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged