title: Superior mesenteric artery syndrome presenting with acute massive gastric dilatation.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary, England, UK.
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Veysi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Humphrey
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Stringer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013478:Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed