Idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis associated with herbal drugs presenting with asymptomatic fecal occult blood.
Yosuke SasakiManabu SaitoYumi KoshibaHiroaki ZaiYoshihisa UritaPublished in: Journal of general and family medicine (2017)
A 77-year-old man who had been taking Chinese herbal drugs containing gardenia fruit for a long time visited our hospital following a positive fecal occult blood test. A computed tomography scan showed multiple linear calcifications distributed on the right-side mesenteric veins, which is a typical finding of idiopathic mesenteric phlebosclerosis (IMP).