Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: Case report

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: Case report

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS) is caused by trapping of the third part of the duodenum between Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA) and aorta as result of narrowing of the angle between the two vessels due to acute loss of mesenteric fat which is secondary to rapid weight loss. A fifteen yea...

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Published in:East African medical journal Vol. 80; no. 6; pp. 334 - 336
Main Author: JANI, P. G
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Nairobi Kenya Medical Association 01-06-2003
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Humans
Medical sciences
Other diseases. Semiology
Radiography
Risk Factors
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome - diagnostic imaging
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome - surgery
Treatment Outcome
Tropical medicine
Weight Loss
Kenya
Africa
Human
Case study
Compression
Duodenum
Superior mesenteric artery
Adolescent
Digestive diseases
Aorta
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Summary:Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS) is caused by trapping of the third part of the duodenum between Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA) and aorta as result of narrowing of the angle between the two vessels due to acute loss of mesenteric fat which is secondary to rapid weight loss. A fifteen year old caucasian female on a mountain climbing expedition with an acute on chronic upper gastrointestinal obstruction is presented. The diagnosis was confirmed with a barium meal and at surgery, a bypass procedure performed to relieve the obstruction.
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ISSN:0012-835X