Clinical Search for Undiagnosed Mesenteric Phlebosclerosis at Outpatient Departments Specializing in Herbal (Kampo) Medicine
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Mesenteric phlebosclerosis.
mesenteric ischemia, and is characterized by thickening of the colonic wall with calcification of the affected veins. Phlebosclerosis as a disease entity has been recently proposed by Iwashita et al [1]. Fewer than 100 cases have been reported to date, andmost are from Japan.We present a case of chronic ischemic colonic lesions caused by phlebosclerosis. A 58-year-oldwomanwas admitted to our ho...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.55.5642