Fibromuscular dysplasia of mesenteric arteries: a rare cause of multiple bowel resections-a case report and literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is a type of unexplained nonatherosclerotic vascular disease that usually involves the renal and internal carotid arteries and rarely involves the mesenteric artery. Mesenteric artery FMD is difficult to distinguish from Crohn's disease (CD) and Behcet's disease (BD) solely based on symptoms. Patients with mesenteric artery FMD can present with an acute abdomen, but case reports of patients who have a long medical history and undergo multiple bowel resections are extremely rare.

Case presentation

The patient was a 45-year-old woman with an 11-year history of intermittent lower abdominal pain and fever. At the age of 34 years, she underwent right hemicolectomy and appendectomy due to an acute abdomen. She suffered from oral ulcers betw

SUBMITTER: Du S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7986496 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature