Wilkie’s Syndrome following Chemotherapy: A Case Report and a Review of Literature

Table 1

Review of reported cases of SMA syndrome following chemotherapy.

First author, year	Age (sex)	Chemotherapeutic agent	Cancer	Associated symptoms	Weight loss (kg)	Imaging	Treatment
Ushiki, 2012 [9]	61 (M)	Cisplatin	Squamous cell carcinoma, lung	Anorexia, nausea, vomiting	7	CT abdomen, upper GI series, abdominal X-ray	Tubal feeding; weight gain
Chowdhary, 2015 [10]	81 (M)	Carboplatin	Mesothelioma	Epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting	18	CT abdomen, upper GI series, esophagogram	Conservative; weight gain
Irei, 2016 [11]	∼60 s (M)	Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy	Esophageal	Postprandial abdominal pain	6	CT and upper GI series	Roux-en-Y bypass of gastrostomy and jejunostomy
Lippl, 2002 [12]	31 (M)	Palliative chemotherapy	Colorectal cancer	Recurrent vomiting	7	CT abdomen, digital fluoroscopy, esophagogastroduodenoscopy	Parenteral nutrition; weight gain
Bang, 2009 [13]	57 (F)	Palliative chemotherapy	Colon cancer with peritoneal seeding	Post-prandial abdominal pain, nausea	6	CT abdomen and small bowel series	Adhesiolysis and duodenojejunostomy
Girotra, 2013 [14]	60 (F)	Chemotherapy	Breast cancer	Post-prandial pain, vomiting, nausea	36	CT abdomen, barium swallow, esophagogastroduodenoscopy	Conservative; weight gain