A catastrophic complication of systemic lupus erythematosus: massive mesenteric infarction.
The AA reports a case of a 64-year-old female patient affected for 3 years by systemic lupus erythematosus who developed a massive perforating mesenteric infarction. An immediate surgical treatment with resection of the small bowel and right colon followed by a side-to-side primary anastomosis between the remaining jejunum and transverse colon were performed. The patient died 15 days after surgery due to recurrence of a mesenteric and pulmonary thromboembolia.
Institution of 2nd General Surgery, University of Bari, Italy. chiplast@cimedoc.uniba.itx
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D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008643:Mesentery / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed