Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: A Potentially Fatal but Reversible Gastrointestinal Manifestation of Systemic Sclerosis

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Anatomical region</td><td class="align_center">Manifestation</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Oesophagus</td><td class="align_center">Dysmotility<br/>Reflux oesophagitis<br/>Gastroesophageal reflux disease<br/>Stricture Barrett’s oesophagus, adenocarcinoma (advanced)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Stomach</td><td class="align_center">Gastritis and gastric ulcers<br/>Gastroparesis<br/>Gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Small intestine</td><td class="align_center">Hypomotility<br/>Pseudoobstruction<br/>Jejunal diverticuli<br/>Small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO)<br/>Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Colon</td><td class="align_center">Hypomotility<br/>Wide mouthed diverticuli<br/>Chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction (CIPO)<br/>Megacolon</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Anorectum</td><td class="align_center">Fecal incontinence</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Manifestations of gastrointestinal tract involvement in systemic sclerosis.</div>

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Table 1: Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: A Potentially Fatal but Reversible Gastrointestinal Manifestation of Systemic Sclerosis 