Surgical treatment of spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery: a case report

K Iha; Y Nakasone; H Nakachi; Y Horikawa; M Gushiken; H Matsuda

Surgical treatment of spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery: a case report

Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2000 Feb;6(1):65-9.

Authors

K Iha¹, Y Nakasone, H Nakachi, Y Horikawa, M Gushiken, H Matsuda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chubu Tokushukai Hospital, 3-20-1 Teruya, Okinawa City, Okinawa 904-8585.

PMID: 10748364

Abstract

A case of a 46-year-old man with spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) demonstrated by ultrasonography is presented. He was successfully treated by emergency aorto-SMA bypass surgery, but complicated with bilateral internal iliac aneurysm. The patient has remained asymptomatic with full employment.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aortic Dissection / complications
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Dissection / surgery*
Humans
Iliac Aneurysm / complications
Male
Mesenteric Artery, Superior*
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography