Surgical intervention for isolated dissecting aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery--a case report.
A 44-year-old man with abdominal pain was diagnosed as having a spontaneous isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery. The patient was successfully treated with endoaneurysmorrhaphy 5 months after the onset and has been symptom free 15 months after surgery. In view of the excellent surgical outcome in the literature, surgical intervention for this rare pathology should be considered.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Japan. ytsuji@med.kobe-u.ac.jp.
Yoshihiko
Y
Tsuji
Yutaka
Y
Hino
Koji
K
Sugimoto
Hitoshi
H
Matsuda
Yutaka
Y
Okita
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography