Table 1.
Literature comparison of diabetic ketoacidosis-related non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia.
| Author year |
Sex | Age (years) | Diabetes type |
Site of ischemia |
Mechanism/ key features |
Management | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kim HI et al. (2) (2025) | Male | 54 | T1DM | Small bowel + Rt. colon | Persistent pain during DKA; CT hypoenhancement | Surgery | Recovery |
| Frontino G et al. (8) (2022) | Female | 13 | T1DM | Small bowel (NOMI) |
Pain persisted after correction; NOMI confirmed | Surgery | Recovery |
| Mansouri F (9) (2020) | Male | 12 | T1DM | Colon (cecum to sigmoid) | Mimicked DKA; gangrenous, dilated colon found intraoperatively | Subtotal colectomy | Recovery |
| Silva M et al. (10) (2023) | Male | 58 | T2DM | Extensive small + large bowel | Recurrent DKA to hypoperfusion to NOMI | Surgery | Mortality |
| Present case | Female | 30 | T1DM | Colon (ascending to transverse) | DKA with persistent pain; pneumatosis, peritonitis | Subtotal colectomy | Recovery |
DKA, Diabetic ketoacidosis; T1DM, Type 1 diabetes mellitus; T2DM, Type 2 diabetes mellitus; NOMI, Non-Occlusive Mesenteric Ischemia.