Steatorrhoea due to Dissecting Aneurysm of the Superior Mesenteric Artery

Vascular Occlusion Presenting as Chronic Diarrhoea with Intermittent Claudication

“…This paper describes a patient who presented with chronic diarrhoea and intermittent claudication from thrombosis of the abdominal aorta and the inferior mesenteric artery. Analogous cases of steatorrhoea due to ischaemia of the small intestine from involvement of the superior mesenteric artery have been reported by Hawkins (1957), Joske et al (1958), Shaw and Maynard (1958, and Clark and Murray (1962).…”

Acute mesenteric ischemia caused by spontaneous isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery: treatment by percutaneous stent placement

“…Table 1 summarizes reported cases [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16]. Isolated SMA dissection carries a high mortality rate, although there appears to be a trend towards recovery in more recent cases as a result of early diagnosis and aggressive operative therapy [9,10,11,12,13,14,15].…”

“…Nevertheless, it appears to be a rare and often fatal event with only few reports in the literature [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16]. Atherosclerosis is usually absent with medial degeneration reported to be the most common etiology.…”

Three isolated superior mesenteric artery dissections: Update of previous case reports, diagnostics, and treatment options

“…2 Before 1972, the 11 reports of isolated SMA dissections resulted in death, and the diagnosis was made at the time of autopsy. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] By contrast, since 1975, survival was achieved in all but one reported case by using a variety of treatment options. The purpose of this article is to describe three isolated SMA dissections and review the literature for diagnosis and treatment on this unique and relatively rare disease.…”