The authors ralate their casistic about mesenteric infarction in the last five years and they get out the starting point in order to check the caracteristics of a disease, which is today distinguished by an infaust prognosis. After few mentions about etiopathology and patologic ana - tomy they keep their attention on clinic manifestations of disease and on diagnostic research. After dealing with medical and surgical therapy they decla - re how more refined diagnostic technique could help early diagnosis and consequentely decrease morbidity and morbi -lity, which are completely unacceptable.