Gastric pneumatosis: An unusual presentation of superior mesenteric artery syndrome

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2018-09-01
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Drucker, Natalie A.
Marine, Megan B.
Rescorla, Frederick J.
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Surgery, School of Medicine
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We present a case of extensive gastric pneumatosis with portal venous air due to superior mesenteric artery syndrome in an underweight, developmentally normal seventeen-year-old boy. Despite his alarming imaging findings, his abdominal exam was benign and he was successfully treated nonoperatively.

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Gastric pneumatosis, Superior mesenteric artery syndrome, Wilkie's syndrome
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Drucker, N. A., Marine, M. B., & Rescorla, F. J. (2018). Gastric pneumatosis: An unusual presentation of superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 36, 25–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2018.06.014
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