Matharu Balpreet, Khalid Usman, Ho Teik K, Patel Kaushik R, Bloom Ian T
St George's Hospital NHS Trust, Renal Medicine, Renal, Blackshaw Road, Tooting, London SW17 0QT, UK.
BMJ Case Rep. 2009;2009. doi: 10.1136/bcr.10.2008.1065. Epub 2009 Apr 7.
Acute mesenteric ischaemia is a severe surgical condition with significant mortality, and it requires prompt recognition and surgical intervention. This report describes a case of a middle-aged gentleman with no previous risk factors who presented with an acute abdomen secondary to mesenteric ischaemia and made a full recovery. This case illustrates that mesenteric ischaemia can occur without the presence of any obvious risk factors and if treated early can result in successful outcomes.