title: Abdominal angina--a rare cause of chronic abdominal pain.
abstract: We report here a case of chronic postprandial abdominal pain and weight loss of more than one year duration. He was diagnosed to have abdominal angina (chronic mesenteric ischemia) on CT angiography. Open surgical revascularization procedure-right common iliac mesenteric polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) bypass graft achieved positive short and longterm outcome with follow-up of twenty two months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
authors.lastname: Zia-ur-Rehman
authors.forename: Abdul Rehman
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Alvi
authors.forename: Ziad
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sophie
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D065666:Mesenteric Ischemia; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*