Sonographic findings of superior mesenteric artery syndrome causing massive gastric dilatation in a young healthy girl

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a   Hefny, A F ^b   Saadeldinn, Y A ^c   El Ashaal, Y I ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Duodenal obstruction; Stomach; Superior mesenteric artery; Syndrome; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; DIATRIZOATE; HEMOGLOBIN; INFUSION FLUID; POTASSIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADOLESCENT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BEDSIDE ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEHYDRATION; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; JEJUNUM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA; PERITONEAL FLUID; PULSE RATE; RESUSCITATION; STOMACH DISTENSION; SUCCUSSION SPLASH;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE; DUODENAL DISEASES; DUODENUM; FEMALE; GASTRIC DILATATION; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RISK FACTORS; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY SYNDROME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 78650056498     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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