Background: Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is uncommon and characterized by
postprandial epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, anorexia and weight loss. The syndrome is …

Mesenteric ischemia is a rare disease associated with high morbidity and mortality. Acute
mesenteric ischemia is most commonly secondary to embolism followed by arterial …

Materials and methods Eighty-nine cases, consecutively referred to our department for CT
investigation of the upper abdomen, were enrolled in the study. The study was prospectively …

Certain abdominopelvic vascular structures may be compressed by adjacent anatomic
structures or may cause compression of adjacent hollow viscera. Such compressions may …

Objectives. We screened a cohort of subjects affected by various degree of dyspepsia to
reveal if they presented a reduction of the aorto‐mesenteric angle and to diagnose …

Background Most data on large studies of superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS)
were published over 30 years ago. New studies are needed so that current medical …

Aim The purpose of the study was to reveal the values of the distance and angle between
the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and aorta according to body mass index in normal …

Background: Background: Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is caused by
compression of the third part of the duodenum between the superior mesenteric artery and …

OBJECTIVE. This article describes the typical imaging findings and clinical features that are
associated with four abdominal vascular compression syndromes. We explain the …

BACKGROUND: Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is one of the rarest gastrointestinal
disorders known to medical science; characterized by the vascular compression of the third …