A meandering mesenteric artery.
An 83-year-old woman with a history of peripheral vascular disease presented for evaluation of lower left extremity discomfort. A peripheral multidetector CT angiography showed a dilated inferior mesenteric artery acting as an important source of retrograde collateral perfusion secondary to a celiac axis stenosis.
Patel
Amish A
AA
Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, 1124 W Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502, USA.
Kadakia
Jigar
J
Hamirani
Yasmin S
YS
Dailing
Chris
C
Budoff
Matthew J
MJ
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D017537:Mesenteric Artery, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed