Cholesterol embolization to the cecum with bowel infarction

Arch Surg. 1973 Jan;106(1):94-6. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1973.01350130092021.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / etiology
  • Aged
  • Cecal Diseases / etiology*
  • Cecal Diseases / surgery
  • Cecum / blood supply*
  • Cholesterol*
  • Embolism, Fat / complications*
  • Embolism, Fat / surgery
  • Gangrene / etiology
  • Gangrene / surgery
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / etiology
  • Infarction / etiology*
  • Infarction / surgery
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / etiology*
  • Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / surgery
  • Necrosis / etiology

Substances

  • Cholesterol