Background Non-contrast enhanced, EKG-triggered, navigator 3DSSFP magnetic resonance angiography (NCE-MRA) is a robust technique but suffers from long scan acquisition times. Depending on heart and respiratory rates, acquisition times can still be prohibitively long. We describe the use of an abdominal compression band to reduce respiratory motion and image acquisition time with no sacrifice of...

Superior mesentric artery syndrome is a rare cause of high small bowel obstruction, caused by compression of the transverse part of the duodenum in between the superior mesentric artery and aorta. Patients present with chronic abdominal pain, vomiting and weight loss. We report a case of superior mesenteric artery syndrome, managed laparoscopically with laparoscopic duodenojejunostomy.

APRIL 2010 I ENDOVASCULAR TODAY I 25 E ntrapment of the left renal vein (LRV) between the abdominal aorta and superior mesenteric artery (SMA) causing the classic clinical triad of hematuria, varicocele, and left abdominal or flank pain was first described in 1950.1 Later, this array of symptoms was termed “the nutcracker syndrome” by De Schepper in 1972.2 Endovascular technology has evolved as...

We report the case of a 67-years-old male who presents colic abdominal pain located in the right lower quadrant for over 2 years. No more symptoms. Barium enema showed a large filling defect (narrow) in the medial wall of the cecum and this was thought to be the result of extrinsic compression by an appendiceal mass (Fig. 1). At colonoscopy, deep in the cecum, through the appendiceal orifice, a...