AU - Davarnia, Ghazaleh AU - Rad, Saeed AU - Tarzamani, Mohammad Kazem TI - CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY SYNDROME PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - URMIAMJ JN - URMIAMJ VO - 24 VI - 6 IP - 6 4099 - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-1812-en.html 4100 - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-1812-en.pdf SO - URMIAMJ 6 AB  -     Background & Aims: Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS) is a rare cause of upper intestinal obstruction manifested by retching or vomiting. Thanks to the difficulties arising in its diagnosis, it is usually done by elimination of other causes. We tried to report on the radiological manifestation of this rare syndrome aiming to find reliable predictable signs in imaging.   Materials & Methods : The findings obtained from abdominal MDCT and barium meal of 50 adult patients with clinical symptoms suspected for SMAS.   Result : Our study showed two radiographic signs for diagnosis of SMAS: which are dilatation of descending duodenum because of D3 compression and decreased aorto-mesenteric angle. Multi-Detector-Computerized-Tomography (MDCT) was preferable to obtain the exact angle range between SMA and aorta. There was a significant correlation between D3 diameter and aorto-mesenteric angle (p CP - IRAN IN - Radiology Department, Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz, Iran LG - eng PB - URMIAMJ PG - 449 PT - Research YR - 2013