Homozygous Factor V Leiden presenting as irreversible chronic colon ischemia resulting from inferior mesenteric vein thrombosis

A 42-year-old man presented with 6 months of unexplained left lower quadrant abdominal pain and hematochezia accompanied by weight loss despite extensive evaluations. Stool studies for pathogens were unrevealing, but an abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed findings of chronic inferior mesenteric vein thrombosis. Colonoscopy demonstrated ulcerated strictures and gangrene confined to the sigmoid and descending colons, and...