%0 Journal Article %T Mesenteric venous thrombosis: multidisciplinary therapeutic approach %A Stefano Pieri %A Paolo Agresti %A Gianluca Monaco %A Laura Conversano %J Emergency Care Journal %D 2007 %I PAGEPress Publications %R 10.4081/ecj.2007.4.15 %X Mesenteric venous thrombosis is a particular form of intestinal ischemia related to high mortality. The lack of a characteristic clinical picture often leads to a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic classification. We report the case of a young woman, using estrogenic and progestinic oral therapy, affected by a severe form of mesenteric thrombosis and complicated by segmental post ischemic stenosis of small intestine. %U http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1282