TY - JOUR T1 - A case report: an unsuspected case of acute mesenteric ischaemia JF - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr.10.2008.1065 VL - 2009 SP - bcr1020081065 AU - Balpreet Matharu AU - Usman Khalid AU - Teik K Ho AU - Kaushik R Patel AU - Ian T Bloom Y1 - 2009/01/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2009/bcr.10.2008.1065.abstract N2 - Acute mesenteric ischaemia is a severe surgical condition with significant mortality, and it requires prompt recognition and surgical intervention. This report describes a case of a middle-aged gentleman with no previous risk factors who presented with an acute abdomen secondary to mesenteric ischaemia and made a full recovery. This case illustrates that mesenteric ischaemia can occur without the presence of any obvious risk factors and if treated early can result in successful outcomes. ER -