title: A meandering mesenteric artery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA, 1124 W Carson Street, RB2, Torrance, CA 90502, USA.
authors.forename: Amish A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Jigar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kadakia
authors.forename: Yasmin S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Hamirani
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dailing
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Budoff
mesh_terms: 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