SUPERIOR MESENTERIC-ARTERY SYNDROME PRESENTING WITH ACUTE MASSIVE GASTRIC DILATATION

Authors
VEYSI VT HUMPHREY G STRINGER MD
Citation
Vt. Veysi et al., SUPERIOR MESENTERIC-ARTERY SYNDROME PRESENTING WITH ACUTE MASSIVE GASTRIC DILATATION, Journal of pediatric surgery, 32(12), 1997, pp. 1801-1803
Citations number
10
Journal title
Journal of pediatric surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223468
Volume
32
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1801 - 1803
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3468(1997)32:12<1801:SMSPWA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A 14-year-old girl presenting with acute massive gastric dilatation se condary to duodenal obstruction by the superior mesenteric artery is d escribed. The diagnosis was facilitated by contrast-enhanced abdominal computerized tomography. She was successfully treated by gastrostomy and subsequent duodenal derotation. This unique presentation of the su perior mesenteric artery syndrome is discussed. Copyright (C) 1997 by W.B. Saunders Company.