[Abdominal pain in liver cirrhosis patient--an unusual case]

Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2004 Apr-Jun;108(2):374-8.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

We present the case of a 62 years male subjects, known with liver cirrhosis diagnosed in 2000 during a laparoscopy. The subject presented with important atypical abdominal pain, leucocytosis, thrombocytosis, small ascites; pneumatosis and hydro-aeric images of small intestine at abdominal X Ray, thickened bowel wall at CT-scan. Laparoscopy revealed mesenteric venous thrombosis, intestinal infarction and the standard surgical treatment was enterectomy. Mesenteric thrombosis may rarely occur in liver cirrhosis due to portal hypertension. This rare but severe complication is usually difficult to diagnose..

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Ascites / etiology
  • Humans
  • Jejunum / blood supply*
  • Jejunum / pathology
  • Jejunum / surgery
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / complications*
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / pathology
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Thrombocytosis / complications
  • Thrombocytosis / etiology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Venous Thrombosis / complications*
  • Venous Thrombosis / pathology
  • Venous Thrombosis / surgery