Table 1.

Differential diagnosis of acute mesenteric ischemia

Abdominal pathologies	intestinal occlusion or perforation, inflammation of intra-abdominal organs, biliary colic, incarcerated hernia
Vascular pathologies	aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, mesenteric vein thrombosis, portal vein thrombosis, vasculitis
Urinary tract pathologies	renal colic, urinary retention, testicular torsion
Traumatic pathologies	blunt force trauma
Gynecological pathologies	extrauterine pregnancy, tubal rupture
General medicine pathologies	diabetic pseudoperitonitis, acute intermittent porphyria, lead poisoning
Thoracic pathologies	pleurisy, pericarditis, acute myocardial infarction