There are two types of infarcts :
Pale infarcts - occurs in organs with a single end arterial blood supply
Red infarct ( also known as hemorrhagic )
- occurs in venous occlusion and tissues with multiple blood supplies ( eg liver , lung , intestine , testes )
Our patient clearly has a red infarct of the small intestine due to " mesenteric venous occlusion " .
The cause may very well be thrombosis secondary to a Polycthemia caused by his hepatocellular carcinoma( which secrete Erythropoietin) . Regardless of the cause however , we just had to recognise that this is a red infarct , and these are due to venous occlusion
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There are two types of infarcts : Pale infarcts - occurs in organs with a single end arterial blood supply
Red infarct ( also known as hemorrhagic ) - occurs in venous occlusion and tissues with multiple blood supplies ( eg liver , lung , intestine , testes )
Our patient clearly has a red infarct of the small intestine due to " mesenteric venous occlusion " .
The cause may very well be thrombosis secondary to a Polycthemia caused by his hepatocellular carcinoma( which secrete Erythropoietin) . Regardless of the cause however , we just had to recognise that this is a red infarct , and these are due to venous occlusion