BACKGROUND Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is caused by compression of the third portion of the duodenum by the superior mesenteric artery. Many disease states predispose one to this condition. METHODS We present a case report of a young female patient who presented with gastro-duodenal obstruction from superior mesenteric artery syndrome and subsequently underwent surgical treatment with...

BACKGROUND Systolic blood flow has been simulated in the abdominal aorta and the superior mesenteric artery. The simulations were carried out using two different computational hemodynamic methods: the finite element method to solve the Navier Stokes equations and the lattice Boltzmann method. RESULTS We have validated the lattice Boltzmann method for systolic flows by comparing the velocity a...

INTRODUCTION The anatomical variants of the hepatic artery may have important implications for pancreatic cancer surgery. The aim of our study is to compare the outcome following a pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) in patients with or without a variant hepatic artery arising from superior mesenteric artery. MATERIAL AND METHODS We reviewed 151 patients with periampullary tumoral pathology. All patie...

We herein report a rare case of mycotic aneurysm the superior mesenteric artery caused by <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>. A 66-year-old man, known hypertension and aorto-oesophageal fistula with stented aorta in 2010 2018, presented to emergency department multiple times over 2 months severe postprandial abdominal pain associated vomiting fever. On his last presentation, obtained bloo...

A 63-year-old female presented to our department complaining of epigastric pain, nausea and vomiting. Symptoms started after a significant loss of weight and persisted despite treatment, leading to hospitalization for dehydration and renal failure due to protracted vomiting. During hospitalization, no pathology could be identified and the patient was discharged. Symptoms persisted and she was e...

BACKGROUND An obstruction of the distal part of the duodenum can occur because of the superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) after a surgical correction of scoliosis. It is essential to evaluate the risk factors and diagnose the SMAS in time because complications of this condition are life-threatening and it is associated with a high rate of morbidity. Diagnostics of the SMAS is challenging...

We report a 57-year-old man who presented with a two-month history of persistent epigastric pain associated with indigestion, weight loss and jaundice. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed a large pseudoaneurysm 87 mm x 68 mm in diameter, with its origin from the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery of the superior mesenteric artery and in continuity with an ectatic gastroduodenal arte...

A 73-year-old man underwent emergency endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair (EVAR) for a ruptured infected abdominal aortic aneurysm. Two years after EVAR, he was admitted with a spiking fever and left lower back pain. Computed tomography scan revealed not only recurrent graft infection with psoas abscess but also infection around the orifice of the superior mesenteric artery. Because conserva...

A 29-year-old woman presented with postprandial nausea, a weight loss of 5 kg in 6 months and vomiting for the previous 10 years. At the age of 24 years old, she was first suspected to have anorexia nervosa. Medication was given with little or no improvement in clinical symptoms. At the age of 27 years old, she visited another medical facility. Upper gastrointestinal examination (Fig. 1) reveal...