title: Superior mesenteric artery (Wilkie's) syndrome: report of three cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Of the three cases of superior mesenteric artery (Wilkie's) syndrome presented, one was associated with anorexia nervosa; this association has not been reported before. Two patients were treated surgically with a duodenojejunostomy, and one was treated medically. Vascular compression of the duodenum is a controversial subject. The syndrome probably is more common than generally recognized and is underdiagnosed due to its exclusion from the differential diagnosis of small-bowel obstruction. Its recognition is important because early diagnosis of a partial obstruction may allow for medical rather than surgical intervention, as exemplified by our third case.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography