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10680675

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
A 66-year-old man with chronic obstructive lung disease was admitted to our hospital, presenting with mesenteric volvulus and mild liver injury. A superior mesenteric angiogram revealed that the arteries supplying the small intestine were twisted in the arterial phase, while the portal vein was not visualized in the late phase. A celiac angiogram demonstrated that portal blood flow from the splenic venous return was maintained. The patient's symptoms had almost resolved the day after admission, and his serum transaminases level had gradually decreased to normal with conservative therapy. A superior mesenteric angiogram on the 13th hospital day showed a normal arteriogram and the portal vein demonstrated blood flow from the superior mesenteric vein. Liver biopsy revealed hemorrhagic necrosis around the central veins, which was compatible with ischemic hepatitis. Since the patient's O2 saturation level on admission was not low enough to have caused ischemic hepatitis by itself, we suspect that a sudden decrease in portal blood flow was the additional factor that allowed the threshold for the initiation of ischemic liver damage to be reached.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0944-1174
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
168-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Ischemic hepatitis induced by mesenteric volvulus in a patient with chronic obstructive lung disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology Kyoto Prefectural Yosano-umi Hospital, Otokoyama, Yosa, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports