TY - JOUR JF - URMIAMJ JO - Studies in Medical Sciences VL - 24 IS - 6 PY - 2013 Y1 - 2013/9/01 TI - CRITERIA FOR ASSESSMENT OF SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY SYNDROME TT - علایم تشخیصی سندرم شریان مزنتریک فوقانی توسط مطالعات با ریمی و سی تی اسکن N2 -     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 SP - 449 EP - 454 AU - Davarnia, Ghazaleh AU - Rad, Saeed AU - Tarzamani, Mohammad Kazem AD - Tabriz University of Medical sciences KW - SMA KW - SMAS KW - Varicocele KW - Barium meal KW - MDCT-scan UR - http://umj.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-1812-en.html ER -