Abstract
Background Mesenteric chronic ischemia is an unfrequent pathology usually related to obstructive and stenosing atherosclerotic pathologies of one or more digestive arteries. Among these, the most frequently envolved and revascularised is the superior mesenteric artery. There is a relative prevalence among the female elderly. Symptoms are often represented by the typical angina abdominis and weight loss. Diarrhea can occur and, without appropriate treatment, this condition can evolve into intestinal infarction. Treatment can be carried out with traditional surgery or a more recent endovascular approach.
Highlights
Mesenteric chronic ischemia is an unfrequent pathology usually related to obstructive and stenosing atherosclerotic pathologies of one or more digestive arteries
Symptoms are often represented by the typical angina abdominis and weight loss. Without appropriate treatment, this condition can evolve into intestinal infarction
Materials and methods We present the case of a 65-year-old patient who was on dialytic treatment for chronic renal failure, and in the past 18 months he was undergoing peritoneal dialysis
Summary
Mesenteric chronic ischemia is an unfrequent pathology usually related to obstructive and stenosing atherosclerotic pathologies of one or more digestive arteries. G Patrizi1*, M Fazi1, L Fiengo1, G Di Rocco1, D Giannotti1, F Pelle1, F Frezzotti1, R Giordano1, L Venturini1, A Redler1, FM Salvatori2 From XXIII Annual Meeting of the Italian Society of Geriatric Surgery Lecce, Italy. Background Mesenteric chronic ischemia is an unfrequent pathology usually related to obstructive and stenosing atherosclerotic pathologies of one or more digestive arteries.
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