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Multimodality Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia
Published on: July 21, 2023
[Isolated spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery: a case report]
A Ghuysen1, P Meunier, H Van Damme
1Service des urgences, centre hospitalier universitaire de Liège, Sart-Tilman B35, 4000 Liège, Belgique. a.ghuysen@chu.ulg.ac.be
Abstract:
We report the case of a 38-year-old man admitted at the emergency department for abdominal pain of abrupt onset. Computed tomographic examination revealed a spontaneous isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery and an anevrysm of the coeliac artery caused by the arcuate ligament. Outcome was favorable under conservative medical treatment and a three months follow-up was uneventful. This observation offers the opportunity to present recent insights concerning this pathology.