Gastroenterology Research and Practice

Research Article

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: Clinical, Endoscopic, and Radiological Findings

Table 1

Demographical, clinical, endoscopic, and radiological findings of patients with superior mesenteric artery syndrome.


	Patient 1	Patient 2	Patient 3	Patient 4	Patient 5	Patient 6	Patient 7	Patient 8	Patient 9	Patient 10

Hospital admission	Not	Not	Not	Yes (14 days)	Not	Yes (12 days)	Not	Not	Not	Not
Age	34	17	14	40	23	38	23	24	25	23
Sex	Female	Female	Female	Male	Female	Female	Male	Female	Female	Female
Weight (kg)	45	84	50	45	60	40	65	43	47	43
Body mass index (kg/m²)	20	28	22	19	23	18	22	15	21.5	21.5
Weight loss before the diagnosis (kg)	10	5	6	10	6	20	16	5	6	5
Comorbidities	Anorexia nervosa	GP6DH deficiency	None	Crohn’s disease	None	Spina bifida	None	Anorexia nervosa	None	None
Further endoscopic findings	None	Helicobacter pylori-related gastritis	Grade A esophagitis	Cardial incontinence	Cardial incontinence	None	Hiatal ernia; Helicobacter pylori-related gastritis	Cardial incontinence	Cardial incontinence	None
Onset (months)	12	12	12	6	24	18	18	6	18	18
Clinical presentation	Dismotility-like dyspepsia	Dismotility-like dyspepsia	Dismotility-like dyspepsia	Otherwise unexplained weight loss	Reflux-like dyspepsia	Otherwise unexplained weight loss	Dismotility-like dyspepsia	Dismotility-like dyspepsia	Reflux-like dyspepsia	Dismotility-like dyspepsia
Diagnosis	Upper endoscopy, abdominal computed tomography	Upper endoscopy, abdominal computed tomography	Upper endoscopy, abdominal computed tomography	Upper endoscopy, abdominal computed tomography	Upper endoscopy, abdominal computed tomography	Upper endoscopy, abdominal computed tomography	Upper endoscopy, abdominal computed tomography	Upper endoscopy, abdominal computed tomography	Upper endoscopy, abdominal computed tomography	Upper endoscopy, abdominal computed tomography
Aortomesenteric angle	23	38	15	15	46	24	20	21	22	22
Aorta-superior mesenteric artery distance	6	5	5	4	6	6	6	5	6	6
Treatment	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative	Conservative