Superior mesenteric artery stenting for mesenteric ischaemia in Sneddon's syndrome.
Mesenteric ischaemia is a rare but serious cause of abdominal pain. We present the case of a man with Sneddon's syndrome, who had symptomatic mesenteric ischaemia secondary to a superior mesenteric artery stenosis in conjunction with a hepatic artery stenosis. As far as the authors are aware, this has not previously been described in Sneddon's syndrome, which is a vascular systemic disease characterized by an association between cerebrovascular accidents and a livedo reticularis skin rash. He was treated with balloon angioplasty and stent insertion, with good symptomatic improvement. This has implications for other stenoses in this condition should they become symptomatic.
Khoo
L A
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
Belli
A M
AM
D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000628:therapy*; D018860:Sneddon Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents