title: [Primary venous mesenterial thrombosis in three patients].
abstract: Three patients, a woman aged 72, a man aged 25 and a woman aged 42 years, presented at the casualty department with a subacute form of primary venous mesenterial thrombosis. As symptoms and laboratory findings are aspecific, CT scan is the gold standard for the diagnosis of this condition. In these patients no cause or predisposing factor was detected, so the disease was considered to be primary. Treatment generally consists of anticoagulant therapy and if peritonitis is present operation is indicated. Hyperdynamic circulation and inotropica are indicated after surgery and in cases of critical illness. Based on clinical findings the third patient was treated successfully with anticoagulants only. The other two also underwent partial small intestinal resection. All three patients were discharged in good health and were prescribed lifelong anticoagulants. If a cause of venous mesenterial thrombosis can be found, this must first be treated before deciding on whether lifelong treatment with anticoagulants is indicated.
authors.affiliation: Medisch Centrum Haaglanden, afd. Heelkunde, Den Haag.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Kop
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: de Mol van Otterloo
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Bosman
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: de Vries
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants