Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome at Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
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superior mesenteric artery syndrome
superior mesenteric artery syndrome is a very uncommon disorder in which acute angulation of superior mesenteric artery (sma) at its origin from aorta results in compression of the third part of the duodenum leading to partial or complete obstruction of the duodenum. other terminologies for this condition are cast syndrome, wilkie syndrome, arteriomesenteric duodenal obstruction, and chronic du...
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A 63-year-old female presented to our department complaining of epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting. Symptoms started after a significant loss of weight and persisted despite treatment, leading to hospitalization for dehydration and renal failure due to protracted vomiting. During hospitalization, no pathology could be identified and the patient was discharged. Symptoms persisted and she was e...
متن کاملSuperior mesenteric artery syndrome
BACKGROUND An obstruction of the distal part of the duodenum can occur because of the superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) after a surgical correction of scoliosis. It is essential to evaluate the risk factors and diagnose the SMAS in time because complications of this condition are life-threatening and it is associated with a high rate of morbidity. Diagnostics of the SMAS is challenging...
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A 29-year-old woman presented with postprandial nausea, a weight loss of 5 kg in 6 months and vomiting for the previous 10 years. At the age of 24 years old, she was first suspected to have anorexia nervosa. Medication was given with little or no improvement in clinical symptoms. At the age of 27 years old, she visited another medical facility. Upper gastrointestinal examination (Fig. 1) reveal...
متن کاملSuperior mesenteric artery syndrome.
Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is a rare and controversial form of upper intestinal obstruction in which the third part of the duodenum is compressed by the overlying superior mesenteric artery. Any disease process decreasing the angle between the superior mesenteric artery and the abdominal aorta can result in the external compression of the duodenum and subsequent intestinal obstruction....
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatric Research
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2147-9445
DOI: 10.4274/jpr.49368