Case Report of a Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome in an Autistic Patient with Schizophrenia

Authors

  • Lee Mem Tim Department of General Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital I, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • Bernard Ho Kar Eng Department of General Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital I, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • Sentilnathan Subramaniam Department of General Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital I, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • Harivinthan Sellappan Department of General Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital I, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v15i.2948

Keywords:

mesenteric, schizophrenia, gastric, duodenum

Abstract

Introduction: Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal obstruction. Diagnosis is confirmed via computed tomography (CT) scan showing acute angulation at the origin of superior mesenteric artery compressing on the duodenum causing proximal dilatation of the second part of duodenum.

Author Biography

Lee Mem Tim, Department of General Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital I, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

 

 

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Published

2021-03-31

How to Cite

Lee Mem Tim, Bernard Ho Kar Eng, Sentilnathan Subramaniam, & Harivinthan Sellappan. (2021). Case Report of a Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome in an Autistic Patient with Schizophrenia. Borneo Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), (1), 21. https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v15i.2948

Issue

2021: BORNEO JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (BJMS), (Suppl.), MARCH 2021

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The copyright of the article belongs to the authors, who retain ownership of their work published in the journal. Their work is distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license

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