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Superior mesenteric artery syndrome presenting with acute massive gastric dilatation
V T Veysi1, G Humphrey, M D Stringer
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, England, UK.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
|January 20, 1998
Abstract:
A 14-year-old girl presenting with acute massive gastric dilatation secondary to duodenal obstruction by the superior mesenteric artery is described. The diagnosis was facilitated by contrast-enhanced abdominal computerized tomography. She was successfully treated by gastrostomy and subsequent duodenal derotation. This unique presentation of the superior mesenteric artery syndrome is discussed.