Journal article
Superior mesenteric artery syndrome: A rare but life threatening disease
Turkish journal of emergency medicine, Vol.17(2), pp.70-72
06/01/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjem.2017.01.001
PMID: 28616620
Abstract
Superior mesenteric artery syndrome was observed in an adolescent patient. He had a 1-day history of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain, without chronic or recurrent symptoms. Diagnosis was established by abdominal plain x-ray, contrast enhanced abdominal computed tomography, and endoscopic examination. The patient was hospitalized, monitorized, and decompressed by nasogastric tube without oral feeding. The symptoms of the patient were gradually relieved by conservative treatment and he was discharged after one week. Clinicians should be careful when facing upper gastrointestinal symptoms that are resistant and non-responsive to treatment, and this syndrome should be kept in mind. This case is presented to draw attention to this disease because of its rare incidence.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Superior mesenteric artery syndrome: A rare but life threatening disease
- Creators
- Meltem Ugras - Yeditepe UniversitySuat Bicer - Yeditepe UniversityFatma Tugba Coskun - Yeditepe UniversityEndi Romano - Yeditepe UniversityBaki Ekci - Yeditepe University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Turkish journal of emergency medicine, Vol.17(2), pp.70-72
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.tjem.2017.01.001
- PMID
- 28616620
- NLM abbreviation
- Turk J Emerg Med
- ISSN
- 2452-2473
- eISSN
- 2452-2473
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Pancreatology, and Nutrition
- Record Identifier
- 9985214170402771
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