Endovascular treatment of a Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome variant secondary to traumatic pseudoaneurysm.
Pseudoaneurysms related to the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) are a recognised complication of trauma to the vessel, and successful treatment with stenting has been previously described. We report the case of a patient who presented with obstruction of the fourth part of the duodenum secondary to a traumatic pseudoaneurysm, a hitherto unreported variant of superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm and relief of the duodenal obstruction were simultaneously achieved by placement of a covered stent.
Au-Yong
Iain
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Department of Surgery, Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DN22 3NE, UK. nicholas.watson@nottingham.ac.uk.
Watson
Nicholas Fs
NF
Boereboom
Catherine L
CL
Bowling
Timothy E
TE
Abercrombie
John F
JF
Whitaker
Simon C
SC