title: Unsuspected mesenteric vein thrombosis in a patient with a hereditary bleeding disorder.
abstract: We report on a female patient with hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia complicated by subacute thrombosis of the superior mesenteric vein. Despite gastrointestinal bleeding, anticoagulation therapy with heparin had to be performed to prevent bowel infarction. In this case, local vascular lesions with altered blood flow in combination with hyperfibrinogenemia might have caused superior mesenteric vein thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. wolfgang.sturm@uklibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sturm
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gaenzer
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heininger-Rothbucher
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Neumayr
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirchmair
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patsch
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D025861:Blood Coagulation Disorders, Inherited / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D006493:Heparin