Unusual Complication of Frailty: Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
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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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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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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2493-18