TY - JOUR
T1 - Young women presenting with chronic mesenteric ischemia
T2 - Two case reports
AU - Ling, Felix J.
AU - Eskandari, Mark K.
PY - 2005/7
Y1 - 2005/7
N2 - Chronic mesenteric ischemia is primarily a disease of the elderly, who have widespread atherosclerosis of the celiac, superior mesenteric, and inferior mesenteric arteries. Risk factors include smoking, vasculitis, fibromuscular dysplasia, and arterial dissection. Presented here are 2 cases of women under age 50 years burdened with this condition, owing primarily to advanced arteriosclerosis. These cases illustrate a need for increased awareness of mesenteric ischemia as a cause for postprandial abdominal pain in young patients with other stigmata of advanced arterial occlusive disease.
AB - Chronic mesenteric ischemia is primarily a disease of the elderly, who have widespread atherosclerosis of the celiac, superior mesenteric, and inferior mesenteric arteries. Risk factors include smoking, vasculitis, fibromuscular dysplasia, and arterial dissection. Presented here are 2 cases of women under age 50 years burdened with this condition, owing primarily to advanced arteriosclerosis. These cases illustrate a need for increased awareness of mesenteric ischemia as a cause for postprandial abdominal pain in young patients with other stigmata of advanced arterial occlusive disease.
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U2 - 10.1177/153857440503900408
DO - 10.1177/153857440503900408
M3 - Article
C2 - 16079945
AN - SCOPUS:23044461048
SN - 1538-5744
VL - 39
SP - 351
EP - 353
JO - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
JF - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
IS - 4
ER -