Introduction Supplementary motor area (SMA) syndrome is a constellation of temporary symptoms that may occur following tumors of the frontal lobe. Affected patients develop akinesia and mutism but often recover within weeks to months. With our own case examples and with correlations to fiber tracking validated by gross anatomical dissection as ground truth, we describe a white matter pathway th...

A 70 year-old male sustained an AAD 8 years previously and was being monitored for an enlarging abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). A computed tomography (CT) scan confirmed an 8cm diameter AAA extending 9cm above the origin of the coeliac axis (CA). At the level of renal arteries (RAs) there was a dissection flap pressurising the false lumen. Both the RAs arose from the true lumen as did the supe...

The outcome of endovascular treatment in acute superior mesenteric artery (SMA) thromboembolic occlusion is variable at best. We describe three patients who underwent urgent endovascular manual aspiration thrombectomy of the SMA, illustrating the good, the bad, and the ugly. The good: a 63-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital for acute abdominal pain. Contrast-enhanced multidetect...

Authors: Mehmet Ates, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Center, Istanbul 34732, Turkey; Ibrahim Yekeler doi:10.1510/icvts.2007.169367A According to the MRI angiography, this is just a thoracic descending aortic dissection with rupture w1x. Using endovascular graft stenting should be the first choice. But, if dissection spreads toward the celiac axis, SMA and renal arteries, can w...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Rohini Motwani, Senior Resident, Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, 110029, India. Phone no. +91 9717523402 E-Mail: [email protected], [email protected] Access this Article online Quick Response code Web site: 1,2 Senior Resident, Department of Anatomy, All India Intitute of Medical Sciences,...

Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are versatile molecules that can be designed to specifically alter splicing patterns of target pre-mRNAs. Here we exploit this feature to phenocopy a genetic disease. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a motor neuron disease caused by loss-of-function mutations in the SMN1 gene. The related SMN2 gene expresses suboptimal levels of functional SMN protein due to al...

Aneurysms of the splenic artery that anomalously arise from a splenomesenteric trunk are a rarity. Aneurysmal disease of visceral arteries is found in only 0.2% of the general population. The celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery (SMA) are involved in less than 10% of all visceral aneurysms. Although rupture seems to occur in 20% to 22% of patients, the related mortality rate can rise as ...

A 42-year-old man was admitted to another hospital complaining of acute abdominal pain that was induced by eating. Abdominal computed tomography and selective angiography revealed an intimal flap separating true and false lumens that was located 3 cm from the origin of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). Emergency surgery was performed because of the sudden recurrence of diffuse abdominal pai...

DESCRIPTION A 61-year-old man presented with a 2-day history of epigastralgia and back pain without nausea, vomiting, haematemesis or melena. He reported that he had untreated hypertension. On examination, his upper extremity blood pressures were 180/100 (right arm) and 177/98 mm Hg (left arm). His abdomen was soft and flat, but showed epigastric tenderness without rebound tenderness or muscle ...