Isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection

Isolated superior mesenteric artery (SMA) dissection without involvement of the aorta and the SMA origin is unusual. We present a case of an elderly gentleman who had chronic abdominal pain, worse after meals. CT angiography, performed on a 64-slice CT scanner, revealed SMA dissection with a thrombu...

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Autores principales: Lalitha, Palle, Reddy, Balaji
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
Materias:
Abdominal
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20607027
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.63047
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description Isolated superior mesenteric artery (SMA) dissection without involvement of the aorta and the SMA origin is unusual. We present a case of an elderly gentleman who had chronic abdominal pain, worse after meals. CT angiography, performed on a 64-slice CT scanner, revealed SMA dissection with a thrombus. A large artery of Drummond was also seen. The patient was managed conservatively.
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spelling pubmed-28909222010-07-06 Isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection Lalitha, Palle Reddy, Balaji Indian J Radiol Imaging Abdominal Isolated superior mesenteric artery (SMA) dissection without involvement of the aorta and the SMA origin is unusual. We present a case of an elderly gentleman who had chronic abdominal pain, worse after meals. CT angiography, performed on a 64-slice CT scanner, revealed SMA dissection with a thrombus. A large artery of Drummond was also seen. The patient was managed conservatively. Medknow Publications 2010-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2890922/ /pubmed/20607027 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.63047 Text en © Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection
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title_full Isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection
title_fullStr Isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection
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title_short Isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2890922/
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