When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think of Zebras: An Autobiographical Case Report of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome

Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is a rare, potentially fatal condition that presents with nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms. Patients often improve clinically following treatment, but complete symptom resolution is challenging to attain. This case report describes the author’s 10-year...

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Autores principales: Nyenhuis, Rachel A, Moran-Bano, Colleen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8956496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35345757
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22519
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description Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is a rare, potentially fatal condition that presents with nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms. Patients often improve clinically following treatment, but complete symptom resolution is challenging to attain. This case report describes the author’s 10-year experience with SMAS following the onset of symptoms at the age of 16 years, as well as sequential diagnoses related to her course of SMAS. Treatment outcomes in the literature, as well as the author’s experience with diagnosis and treatment, will be discussed.
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spelling pubmed-89564962022-03-27 When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think of Zebras: An Autobiographical Case Report of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome Nyenhuis, Rachel A Moran-Bano, Colleen Cureus Pediatrics Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is a rare, potentially fatal condition that presents with nonspecific gastrointestinal symptoms. Patients often improve clinically following treatment, but complete symptom resolution is challenging to attain. This case report describes the author’s 10-year experience with SMAS following the onset of symptoms at the age of 16 years, as well as sequential diagnoses related to her course of SMAS. Treatment outcomes in the literature, as well as the author’s experience with diagnosis and treatment, will be discussed. Cureus 2022-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8956496/ /pubmed/35345757 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22519 Text en Copyright © 2022, Nyenhuis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited.
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When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think of Zebras: An Autobiographical Case Report of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
title When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think of Zebras: An Autobiographical Case Report of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
title_full When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think of Zebras: An Autobiographical Case Report of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
title_fullStr When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think of Zebras: An Autobiographical Case Report of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
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title_short When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think of Zebras: An Autobiographical Case Report of Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome
title_sort when you hear hoofbeats, think of zebras: an autobiographical case report of superior mesenteric artery syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8956496/
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