An uncommon cause of abdominal pain: Mesenteric cyst

An Uncommon Case of Abdominal Pain: Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a rare cause of abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting that may be undiagnosed in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED). We report a 54-year-old male presenting to a community ED with abdominal pain and the subsequent radiographic findings.The patient's computed tomgraphy (CT) of the abdomen and pelvis demonstrates many of the hallmark fi...

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: An Uncommon Cause of Abdominal Pain Mimicking Gastric Outlet Obstruction

Upper gastrointestinal symptoms like vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal distention may be caused by many conditions like complicated peptic/duodenal ulcer, gastritis or hiatal hernia. However, these symptoms are uncommonly produced by superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome. SMA syndrome is triggered when there is narrowing of the mesenteric angle and shortening of the aortomesenteric distan...

[Retrorectal cystic hamartoma (tailgut cyst): an uncommon cause of recurrent abdominal pain.]

Retrorectal cystic hamartomas are rare congenital lesions that arise from aberrant remnants of the postanal gut. Most of them appear as asymptomatic lesions in middle-aged women but they can manifest with nonspecific symptoms such as abdominal or pelvic pain, constipation or diarrhoea, genitourinary symptoms, etc. Due to their anatomical position and variable presentation these lesions are ofte...

Sacral extradural cyst: an uncommon cause of low back pain.

Epiploic appendagitis as an uncommon cause of lower abdominal pain

Epiploic appendagitis should be considered to be an uncommon cause of lower abdominal pain. To diagnose accurately, typical CT findings are needed, and total colonoscopy should be done later to rule out the possibility of diverticulosis.