Mesenteric (or intestinal) artery disease is a condition that develops when the arteries in the abdomen that supply the intestines become narrowed, or blocked, by an accumulation of a fatty substance ...

and extensive aganglionosis in infants as well as catastrophic vascular events (mesenteric vein or arterial thrombosis or arterial embolism), midgut volvulus, trauma, or tumor resection in adults.