Chronic mesenteric vascular insufficiency with gastric ulceration

Gastroenterology
R D CherryP E Blundell

Abstract

Four middle-aged women presented with long histories of severe progressive weight loss and chronic abdominal pain. Endoscopically atypical gastric ulcers were identified in all; the ulcers were multiple and antral in location, with irregular shapes, sloping edges, and whitish sclerotic bases, and were surrounded by mottled and erythematous mucosa containing numerous superficial erosions. They did not heal with conservative therapy. All 4 patients were found to be suffering from chronic mesenteric vascular insufficiency. Balloon dilatation of the superior mesenteric artery in one and surgical revascularization in the others resulted in progressive clinical improvement and healing of the ulcers. The striking feature in these patients with mesenteric ischemia was the finding of gastric ulcers with a morphology different from the ordinary gastric ulcer, which healed only with revascularization. Future observation of similar lesions should suggest the possible diagnosis and expedite early treatment of mesenteric insufficiency in patients with this disorder.

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