[A case of jejunal infarction and perforation due to acute pancreatitis]

Korean J Gastroenterol. 2004 Feb;43(2):120-4.
[Article in Korean]

Abstract

Jejunal infarction as a complication of acute pancreatitis is not common and can not be well recognized. This jejunal infarction usually arises from the venous thrombosis rather than arterial thrombosis. Jejunal infarction results in bowel perforation or stenosis according to its extension of injury and progression rate. Pathologic findings of the involved jejunum show a segmental transmural infarction and mesenteric venous thrombotic occlusions. Early diagnosis should be made for better prognosis. We report a patient with jejunal infarction resulting perforation due to acute pancreatitis, in which the initial presenting symptoms were hematemesis and abdominal distention.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Infarction / diagnosis
  • Infarction / etiology*
  • Intestinal Perforation / diagnosis
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology*
  • Jejunal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Jejunal Diseases / etiology*
  • Jejunum / blood supply*
  • Male
  • Pancreatitis / complications*
  • Rupture, Spontaneous