title: Mesenteric vein thrombosis: is it one disease?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to compare the clinical course and outcome of mesenteric vein thrombosis due to known causes and mesenteric vein thrombosis of unknown aetiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  a retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  two major general hospitals in Kuwait.
  
  
  METHODS
  12 patients who had mesenteric vein thrombosis due to known causes and seven patients who had mesenteric vein thrombosis of unknown aetiology were treated over eight years.
  
  
  METHODS
  severity of clinical findings and outcome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no statistical difference between the two groups in the clinical presentation or in outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  36% of mesenteric vein thrombosis occurred without an obvious cause although the disease appeared to be the same. More work on the aetiology of this condition is required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Adan Hospital, Kuwait.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: al-Hilaly
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Abu-Zidan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants