Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis long-term use of herbal medicine, report of a case
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Right hemicolectomy for mesenteric phlebosclerosis potentially caused by long-term use of herbal medicine: A case report and literature review
INTRODUCTION Mesenteric phlebosclerosis is a rare ischemic disease affecting the colon. Systemic disease and herbal medicine have been pointed out as possible causes, and the disease is characterized by calcifications involved the mesocolic veins. Patients who do not respond to conservative therapy require surgical treatment. In surgical intervention, an adequate extent of colonic resection is ...
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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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Received: March 3, 2010 Accepted for publication: September 2, 2010 From the Department of Family Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology, Department of Colorectal Surgery Department of Pathology, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Po-Chuan Wang Department of Gastroenterology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Hs...
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عنوان ژورنال: Progress of Digestive Endoscopy
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1348-9844,2187-4999
DOI: 10.11641/pde.80.2_132