A Case Report of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome after Acute Gastroenteritis.
10.4082/kjfm.2010.31.11.862
- Author:
Seung Beom LEE
1
;
Hee Cheol KANG
;
Yu Jung YOON
Author Information
1. Dongshin General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome;
Small Bowel Obstruction;
Weight Loss
- MeSH:
Adult;
Duodenal Obstruction;
Duodenum;
Female;
Gastroenteritis;
Hernia;
Humans;
Mesenteric Artery, Superior;
Stomach;
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome;
Weight Loss
- From:Korean Journal of Family Medicine
2010;31(11):862-866
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The most common cause of small bowel obstruction is postoperative adhesion, and besides a hernia, metastatic or primary cancer and small bowel tumors are possible causes. Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal obstruction and is associated with debilitating conditions with marked weight loss. SMA syndrome results from the compression of the third part of the duodenum due to the narrowing of the aortomesenteric angle. We report a 28-year-old woman with SMA syndrome after acute gastroenteritis. Her stomach was severely dilated due to the duodenal obstruction and computed tomography showed the compression of the third portion of the duodenum by SMA. She was conservatively cared for and thus favorably improved.
