Understanding the diagnosis of superior mesenteric artery syndrome: analysis of the location of duodenal impression on upper gastrointestinal studies

• Published in: Pediatric radiology Vol. 53; no. 13; pp. 2633 - 2641
• Main Authors: Caterine, Scott, Patil, Nikhil S., Takrouri, Heba, Issenman, Robert M., Stein, Nina R., Donnellan, John, Yikilmaz, Ali
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abdomen; Aorta; Child; Compression; Coronary vessels; Diagnosis; Duodenum; Duodenum - diagnostic imaging; Female; Humans; Imaging; Infant; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mesenteric Artery, Superior; Neuroradiology; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Original Article; Patients; Pediatrics; Radiology; Retrospective Studies; Small intestine; Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome - diagnostic imaging; Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome - etiology; Ultrasound; Vertebrae; Superior mesenteric artery syndrome; Upper gastrointestinal series; Fluoroscopy; Children; Duodenum; Duodenal obstruction

Background Upper gastrointestinal (GI) contrast studies are frequently requested to aid superior mesenteric artery syndrome diagnosis, a rare entity. Compression of the third duodenal part is expected to be mid-to-left of the midline where the superior mesenteric artery arises from the aorta; howeve...