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CT angiography of superior mesenteric artery syndrome
1Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|November 3, 1998
Abstract
Objective:
Our purpose was to describe the use of CT angiography and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction in the diagnosis of superior mesenteric artery syndrome in three patients.
Conclusion:
CT angiography combined with 3D reconstructions is a noninvasive technique that may have a complementary diagnostic role similar to that of angiography in patients with a classic clinical presentation suggestive of superior mesenteric artery syndrome. CT angiography combined with 3D reconstructions should be considered in patients who might otherwise require angiography.