title: Surgical treatment of spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery: a case report.
abstract: A case of a 46-year-old man with spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) demonstrated by ultrasonography is presented. He was successfully treated by emergency aorto-SMA bypass surgery, but complicated with bilateral internal iliac aneurysm. The patient has remained asymptomatic with full employment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chubu Tokushukai Hospital, 3-20-1 Teruya, Okinawa City, Okinawa 904-8585.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iha
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakasone
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakachi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Horikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gushiken
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography