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Acute gastric dilatation due to a superior mesenteric artery syndrome: an autopsy case

BACKGROUND: Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome occurs when the third portion of duodenum becomes tightly compressed between the SMA and the abdominal aorta (AA). Several causes of the SMA syndrome have been postulated such as marked weight loss, external compression of the abdomen, anatomic v...

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Autores principales: Sato, Hiroaki, Tanaka, Toshiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3946598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24555911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-14-37