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Int J Angiol 1997; 6(3): 184-186
DOI: 10.1007/BF01616179
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Isolated dissection of the main trunk of the superior mesenteric artery

Toshifumi Murashita, Keishu Yasuda, Makoto Sakuma, Yoshiro Matsui, Junichi Ohba, Masatoshi Miyama, Norihiko Shiiya
  • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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23 April 2011 (online)

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Abstract

A 47-year-old male with sudden onset of abdominal pain was diagnosed as having a tight stenosis and a long irregular narrowing of the main trunk of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), which induced transient ileus. The patient was successfully treated by a patch angioplasty using an autologous saphenous vein. An intraoperative finding revealed the isolated dissection of the SMA, and a histological examination confirmed the dissection of the SMA, in which false lumen was thrombosed.