Acute mesenteric ischemia with tuberculous mesenteric lymphadenitis in a young female

Mesenteric Lymphadenitis

Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

The patient's white blood cell (WBC) count was 17,000/μL (no left shift). Viral gastroenteritis was diagnosed by the ED physicians. Very mild right-sided weakness and occasional "pins and needles" sensations in the right leg were residual effects of a stroke the patient had suffered 9 years earlier. He also had hypercholesteremia, with a high low-density lipoprotein level and a low high-density...

Tuberculous Mesenteric Lymphadenitis Simulating Cystic Pancreatic Head Cancer

Diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis can be difficult because of its protean manifestations. It is often not considered in the differential diagnosis of abdominal disorders, particularly when tuberculosis is not p'resent elsewhere. In the era of computed tomography, although there has been much improvement in the evaluation of abdominal disorders, the differential diagnosis of an abdominal mass,...

Staphylococcal suppurative mesenteric lymphadenitis.

Two young adult males presenting with suppurative mesenteric lymphadenitis, caused by coagulase positive staphylococcus, with unusual clinical findings are reported. Pre-operative and operative differential diagnosis and management are discussed. Previous publications are briefly reviewed. The condition is extremely rare in adults and the pathogenesis is not well understood.

Mesenteric ischemia: acute and chronic.

Acute mesenteric ischemia is a circulation-insufficiency event, occurring either suddenly or rapidly over a few weeks, that deprives one or several abdominal organs of adequate respiration to meet metabolic demands. Although mesenteric ischemia occurs infrequently, the mortality rate is from 60 to 100%, depending on the source of obstruction. The risk of atherosclerotic-related mesenteric occlu...