Case report
Endovascular treatment of a Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome variant secondary to traumatic pseudoaneurysm
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* Corresponding author: Nicholas FS Watson nicholas.watson@nottingham.ac.uk
1 Department of Radiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
2 Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
3 Clinical Nutrition Unit, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
4 Department of Surgery, Royal Derby Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby, DN22 3NE, UK
World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2010, 5:7 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-5-7
Published: 8 March 2010Abstract
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.