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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2007

A 74 y.o. patient complains of abdomen pain and sweling, nausea. She suffers from ischemic heart disease, postinfarction and atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis. Objectively: the patient is in grave condition, abdomen is swollen, abdominal wall doesn't take active part in respiration. Laparoscopy revealed a small amount of muddy effusion in abdominal cavity, one of the loops of small intestine is dark-cyan. What is the most probable diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Thrombosis of mesenteric vessels
  2. Ischemic abdominal syndrome
  3. Acute intestinal obstruction
  4. Twisted bowels
  5. Erysipelas
Correct answer

Thrombosis of mesenteric vessels

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