Abstract

CHRONIC vascular insufficiency of the intestinal tract is a definite clinical entity. It is seldom diagnosed ante mortem, however, and its late manifestation, acute mesenteric thrombosis, is usually a catastrophe. A logical sequence of events takes place so that with the proper amount of suspicion the disease can reasonably be expected to be diagnosed. It is the purpose of the presentation to present a classic case of "abdominal angina" and to make a few comments upon the diagnosis.Case ReportA. F., a 64-year-old married man, was admitted to the William W. Backus Hospital on March 13, 1957, with the . . .

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