Simultaneous thrombosis of superior mesenteric artery and superior mesenteric vein following chemotherapy: MDCT findings
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Fatih Kantarci; Selim Bakan; Suleyman Demiryas; Cesur Samanci; Onur Tutar; Bora Korkmazer; Deniz Cebi Olgun
- Source
- Japanese Journal of Radiology. 32:113-116
- Subject
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Antineoplastic Agents
Docetaxel
Malignancy
Mesenteric Veins
Mesenteric Artery, Superior
medicine.artery
Multidetector Computed Tomography
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Superior mesenteric artery
Superior mesenteric vein
Vein
Laryngeal Neoplasms
Venous Thrombosis
Chemotherapy
business.industry
Cancer
Thrombosis
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Mesenteric ischemia
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Female
Taxoids
Fluorouracil
Radiology
Cisplatin
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1867-108X
1867-1071
A case of acute mesenteric ischemia due to thrombosis of superior mesenteric artery and vein in a 44-year-old woman following chemotherapy for invasive laryngeal carcinoma was diagnosed on a multi-detector CT scan. Although the link between malignancy and thromboembolism is widely recognized in patients with cancer, chemotherapy further elevates the risk of thrombosis. Acute mesenteric ischemia associated or not associated with chemotherapy rarely occurs in patients with cancer. Moreover, co-occurrence of superior mesenteric artery and superior mesenteric vein thrombosis is reported for the first time.