Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a condition that affects the duodenum — the section of the small intestine that joins the stomach. The syndrome is caused by the compressing of the ...

Mesenteric (or intestinal) artery disease is a condition that develops when the arteries in the abdomen that supply the intestines become narrowed, or blocked, by an accumulation of a fatty substance ...

A 60-Year-Old Bangladeshi Patient with a rare Gastro-Vascular Disorder Of intestine has been successfully treated at a ...

However, further tests revealed she had Wilkie syndrome, a rare condition where the superior mesenteric artery compresses the ...

T2 Tumor is >2cm and confined to pancreas. T3 Tumor extends beyond pancreas but does not involve celiac axis or superior mesenteric artery. T4 Primary tumor involves either celiac axis or superior ...

or wall of large vessels (celiac axis or superior mesenteric artery) † M1-specific sites defined according to Sobin and Wittekind. M: Metastasis; N: Node; T: Tumor. Data from [21 ...

Two very important blood vessels, the superior mesenteric artery and superior mesenteric vein, cross behind the neck of the pancreas and in front of the uncinate process. The pancreas is both an ...