Capturing the often-elusive diagnosis of idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of mesenteric veins

Capturing the often-elusive diagnosis of idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of mesenteric veins

Only 50 cases of idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of the mesenteric veins (IMHMV) have been reported since 1991 when it was first described. This rare etiology for chronic colonic ischemia is often debilitating to the patient’s quality of life, and no effective medical treatment is available. IMHMV...

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Main Authors: Ga-ram Han, MD, Anchit P. Mehrotra, MD, Adam J. Gomez, MD, Eric Romanucci, MD, Vivienne J. Halpern, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Subjects:
Chronic colonic ischemia
Hyperplasia of mesenteric vein
Ischemic colitis
Mesenteric vascular disease
Myointimal hyperplasia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428722000867

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