The surgical approach to near-total small bowel infarction in a patient with massive portomesenteric thrombosis. Case report (original) (raw)

Annali italiani di chirurgia, 2016

Abstract

AIM To describe an acute portomesenteric venous thrombosis, with massive small bowel infarction, which is managed with small bowel resection, primary anastomosis, and open abdomen management (OAM). CASE REPORT A 76-year-old male patient was admitted to the surgical ward, complaining spread abdominal pain. Contrast Enhanced Computed Tomography (CECT) diagnosed massive bowel ischemia, caused by portomesenteric thrombosis. He had negative coagulation tests for thrombophilia, while he presented concomitant risk factors (cancer, previous venous thrombosis, obesity). Surgery was performed, including open abdomen management, and the patient was discharged one month after surgery. No recurrences of portal thrombosis were found in one-year follow-up. DISCUSSION Mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT) diagnosis could be difficult to establish and it often presented itself late with peritonitis. Currently, CECT scanning is considered the gold standard for MVT, because it identifies not only filling...

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