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A case of abdominal apoplexy is here reported and added to the few described in the literature. The underlying pathology was mesenteric arteriosclerosis. During an observation period of 12 years the clinical symptomatology was indistinguishable from that of the “irritable colon” syndrome. Mesenteric arteriosclerosis should seriously be considered in the etiology and the differential diagnosis of the irritable colon syndrome.
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Saphir, W. Abdominal apoplexy. A. J. D. D. 15, 408–409 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001589
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001589