title: Celiac artery trunk thrombosis presenting as acute liver failure.
abstract: Acute mesenteric ischemia is a life-threatening vascular emergency that requires early diagnosis and intervention to adequately restore mesenteric blood flow and to prevent bowel necrosis and patient death. While, almost always superior and inferior mesenteric arteries are involved, we report a 57-year-old male with an unusual celiac artery trunk thrombosis leading to gastero-duodenal and hepato-splenic infarction, and presenting an acute liver failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali-Akbarian
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kahrom
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kahrom
mesh_terms: D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013159:Splenic Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging