CT angiography of superior mesenteric artery syndrome

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1998 Nov;171(5):1279-81. doi: 10.2214/ajr.171.5.9798861.

Abstract

Objective: Our purpose was to describe the use of CT angiography and three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction in the diagnosis of superior mesenteric artery syndrome in three patients.

Conclusion: CT angiography combined with 3D reconstructions is a noninvasive technique that may have a complementary diagnostic role similar to that of angiography in patients with a classic clinical presentation suggestive of superior mesenteric artery syndrome. CT angiography combined with 3D reconstructions should be considered in patients who might otherwise require angiography.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Angiography*
  • Aortography
  • Duodenal Obstruction / diagnostic imaging
  • Duodenal Obstruction / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / diagnostic imaging
  • Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*