[Peculiarities of clinical manifestations of chronic abdominal ischemia syndrome].

Peculiarities of clinical manifestations of chronic abdominal ischemia syndrome were studied. Clinical diagnostics of this condition encounters difficulties for the lack of pathognomonic symptoms, diversity of symptoms and similarity with other abdominal diseases. The study involving 110 patients with chronic abdominal pain syndrome included assessment of medical histories, duration of the disease, signs of concomitant gastroenetologic pathology (meteorism, colonic dysfunction, reduced body mass, etc.). The data obtained illustrate peculiarities of the clinical picture giving reason to suspect chronic abdominal ischemia syndrome at the early stage of its development. Such features as the absence of treatment effect, increased frequency, duration and severity of abdominal pain, its extension to all parts of the abdomen and association with food intake, colonic dysfunction (meteorism, constipation) and reduced body mass require exclusion of this syndrome in patients with persistent abdominal pain. The data obtained may be used in early diagnostics of chronic abdominal ischemia syndrome and differentiate it from other abdominal diseases.