title: Acute mesenteric ischaemia: the continuing difficulty in early diagnosis.
abstract: Five cases of acute intestinal ischaemia due to occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery, all with a delay in diagnosis, are reported here. These cases illustrate the continuing difficulties, in clinical practice, in recognizing mesenteric ischaemia before intestinal infarction has occurred, despite the clinical awareness of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Heys
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brittenden
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Crofts
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis