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Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract pp 421–426Cite as

Ischemic Bowel Disease

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Intestinal ischemia

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Ischemic bowel disease, which may affect whole or parts of the gastrointestinal tract, is due to an imbalance between the blood supply, which is decreased, and the metabolic demands of the gastrointestinal tract. Ischemic bowel disease rarely involves the esophagus or the stomach, but mainly affects the small intestine and the colon.

The gastrointestinal tract is nearly completely supplied by three arteries, namely the coeliac axis, the superior mesenteric artery, and the inferior mesenteric artery. The coeliac axis, originating from the anterior aortae, gives rise to three blood vessels: the left gastric artery, the splenic artery, and the common hepatic artery. The coeliac axis and its branches supply the distal part of the esophagus, the stomach, the liver, the proximal duodenum, and the pancreas.

The superior mesenteric artery nourishes the small intestine beginning from the distal duodenum, the head of the pancreas, and the ascending and the...

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  • Brandt, L. J., & Boley, S. J. (2000). AGA technical review on intestinal ischemia. American Gastrointestinal Association. Gastroenterology, 118, 954–968.

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  • Vollmar, B., & Menger, M. D. (2011). Intestinal ischemia/reperfusion: Microcirculatory pathology and functional consequences. Langenbeck’s Archives of Surgery/Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chirurgie, 396, 13–29.

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  1. Department of Pathology, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium

    Ann Driessen

  2. Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Ann Driessen

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  1. Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Centro Hospitalar São João and Ipatimup/i3S, Porto, Portugal

    Fátima Carneiro

  2. Serviço de Anatomia Patológica, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa de Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  3. Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  4. Department of Pathology, Ankara University Medical School, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Arzu Ensari

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Driessen, A. (2017). Ischemic Bowel Disease. In: Carneiro, F., Chaves, P., Ensari, A. (eds) Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5_1503

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