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Multimodality Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia
Published on: July 21, 2023
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Superior mesenteric artery syndrome in an adolescent male
1Department of General Surgery, Paarl Provincial Hospital, South Africa.
Abstract
Summary:
This report describes a 13-year-old male patient admitted with superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) requiring urgent surgery for decompression due to worsening pain and elevated lactate levels. SMAS is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal obstruction and in this case may have been due to a rapid growth spurt.

