[Traumatic intestinal infarction].

A study of 31 cases of traumatic intestinal infarction, often old cases, did not show any characteristic clinical picture or course but showed the following points: abdominal contusion, even mild, may induce intestinal infarction; the ileum and ascending colon are most commonly involved, and infarction usually follows a thrombosis of the mesenteric veins; the clinical course usually includes an interval between the trauma and the infarction.