mesenteric vascular occlusion
MONDO:0006855Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names mesenteric vascular occlusion yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Obstruction of the flow in the splanchnic circulation by atherosclerosis; embolism; thrombosis; stenosis; trauma; and compression or intrinsic pressure from adjacent tumors. Rare causes are drugs, intestinal parasites, and vascular immunoinflammatory diseases such as periarteritis nodosa and thromboangiitis obliterans. (From Juergens et al., Peripheral Vascular Diseases, 5th ed, pp295-6)
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006855), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of