Visceral ischemia: could it be segmental arterial mediolysis.
We present two cases of segmental arterial mediolysis, which can present with dissecting aneurysms or thrombosis of the visceral branches of the abdominal aorta. Segmental arterial mediolysis (SAM) causes ischemic bowel disease and has characteristic CT and angiographic features.
Agarwal
Sunil
S
Department of Surgery, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore, 632 004, Tamil Nadu, India.
Stephen
Edwin
E
Selvaraj
Dheepak
D
Mathur
Kapil
K
Keshava
Shyamkumar
S
Chandy
Sunil Thomas
ST
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000792:Angiography; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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