The symptomatology and diagnostic procedure adopted in 11 cases of acute mesenteric infarction are examined. Stress is laid on the importance of early, aetiologically accurate diagnosis for the purpose of instituting profitable treatment. In order to comply with such needs it is essential to perform urgent selective arteriography and/or urgent laparoscopy which only with rare exceptions is carried out even in hospitals that should be better equipped.

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