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- Title
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome After Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Case Report.
- Authors
Falcone, John L.; Garrett, Kevin O.
- Abstract
Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a rare cause of bowel obstruction. It is characterized anatomically by a narrowed aortomesenteric angle, causing a mechanical obstruction at the third portion of the duodenum. Patients usually present after prolonged confinement in the supine position, significant acute weight loss, application of body casts, and severe burns with symptoms of a small bowel obstruction. We present the case of a healthy 22-year-old male athlete with SMA syndrome that occurred after blunt abdominal injury in the setting of mild chronic weight loss; he was treated nonoperatively.
- Subjects
MALE athletes; BOWEL obstructions; BLUNT trauma; VASCULAR diseases; HEALTH; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2010, Vol 44, Issue 5, p410
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1177/1538574410369390