Unusual Manifestation of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome in a Female Patient: A Case Presentation

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a rare clinical entity. We report a female patient presenting with abdominopelvic pain and diagnosed with superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Direct venography revealed a large ovarian varix that was treated with hysterectomy and unilateral oophorectomy....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Fisahn, Christian, Moisi, Marc, Umeh, Randle, Sylvester, Scott, Maddali, Prasanthi, Tubbs, Susan J, Oskouian, Rod J, Loukas, Marios, Tubbs, R. Shane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
Materias:
General Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5101106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27833827
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.800
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Sumario:Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a rare clinical entity. We report a female patient presenting with abdominopelvic pain and diagnosed with superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Direct venography revealed a large ovarian varix that was treated with hysterectomy and unilateral oophorectomy. SMA syndrome can have many presentations often with small bowel obstruction. Obstruction of only the ovarian vein with resultant ovarian varix is an unusual presentation.

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