Acute mesenteric ischaemia is a time-critical emergency that still lacks a reliable blood biomarker. We examined whether serum leucine-rich α2-glycoprotein-1 (LRG1) is increased in computed tomography ...

Acute mesenteric ischaemia (AMI) represents a sudden interruption of arterial or venous blood flow to the small intestine, precipitating tissue hypoxia, inflammation and, if untreated, transmural ...

Small-bowel obstruction in adults due to intussusception can be diagnostically challenging, particularly when symptoms are ...

Bowel ischemia is a potentially fatal medical condition caused by a decrease or obstruction of blood flow to the intestine. It is linked to many serious gastrointestinal disorders that can have ...

A blood clot, or thrombus, is a collection of blood cells that forms inside a blood vessel, impeding blood flow. Rarely, a blood clot may form in the abdomen. Doctors refer to this as mesenteric ...

The terms "intestinal barrier" and "intestinal permeability" describe two different aspects of the same anatomical structure, the intestinal wall composed of four layers, the mucosa, the submucosa, ...