title: [Mesenteric acute ischemia caused by spontaneous and isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery].
abstract: Spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery is an unusual cause of mesenteric ischemia. Diagnosis can be based on findings of the belicoidal computed tomography or selective angiography of the superior mesenteric artery. We report two male patients, aged 47 and 50 years, who were admitted for abdominal pain. Isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection was confirmed by angiography. Both patients were treated with anticoagulation, conservative measures and recovered uneventfully.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, División de Cirugía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burgos
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Valdés
authors.forename: Albrecht
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krämer
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mariné
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahmer
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prat
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed