Mesenteric artery occlusion secondary to activated protein C resistance: a life-threatening combination.
We present a case of mesenteric ischemia in a 32-year-old woman. The rarity of this potentially fatal condition in this age group, the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges associated with such a condition, and secondary causes that must always be investigated are highlighted. In this case, activated protein C resistance resulted in thrombosis of the superior mesenteric artery and subsequent bowel ischemia.
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Departments of Surgery, The Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
O'Donnell
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McClintock
Charlotte
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Allen
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Kirk
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Dolan
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D020016:Activated Protein C Resistance / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures
D000925:Anticoagulants