Surgical treatment of spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery: a case report.
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.
Iha
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chubu Tokushukai Hospital, 3-20-1 Teruya, Okinawa City, Okinawa 904-8585.
Nakasone
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Y
Nakachi
H
H
Horikawa
Y
Y
Gushiken
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M
Matsuda
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H
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