superior mesenteric artery aneurysm in a patient with chronic abdominal pain

Authors

seyed reza mousavi department of surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.

hatef zirakzadeh department of surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.

majid samsami department of surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.

mahtab fallah department of surgery, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.

abstract

superior mesenteric artery (sma) aneurysm is a rare disease. in this case report, we present a 32 years old woman who was admitted to our hospital with chronic abdominal pain. sma aneurysm was diagnosed after radiological evaluation. the patient underwent ligation of the superior mesenteric artery aneurysm and remained well 12 months after the surgery.

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Journal title:
acta medica iranica

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