Superior mesenteric vein occlusion presenting with a massive vascular malformation of the colon.
Superior mesenteric vein occlusion is a rare condition which has protean clinical manifestations. It frequently occurs secondary to an underlying coagulation defect. We present the case of a young female who presented uniquely with a massive colonic vascular malformation and who had various predisposing factors, the most serious being a protein C deficiency.
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Professorial Surgical Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
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D000328:Adult; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000473:pathology; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011486:Protein C / Q000032:analysis; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology
D011486:Protein C