Unsuspected mesenteric vein thrombosis in a patient with a hereditary bleeding disorder. |
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| Authors: | Wolfgang Sturm Hannes Gaenzer Dorothea Heininger-Rothbucher Günther Neumayr Rudolf Kirchmair Josef Patsch Günter Weiss |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. wolfgang.sturm@uklibk.ac.at |
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| Abstract: | We report on a female patient with hereditary hemorrhagic teleangiectasia complicated by subacute thrombosis of the superior mesenteric vein. Despite gastrointestinal bleeding, anticoagulation therapy with heparin had to be performed to prevent bowel infarction. In this case, local vascular lesions with altered blood flow in combination with hyperfibrinogenemia might have caused superior mesenteric vein thrombosis. |
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