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Anyone else have Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS)?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Aug 10, 2023 | Replies (130)
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@kjaffee

I would like to know how these diagnoses relate to each other. I have had abdominal CTs before as well as two colonoscopies and endoscopies. I am 74. How could this just be found now? How urgent is this? It seems so rare and complicated.

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Nov 18, 2021

Kjaffee, while we wait for others to chime in, I wonder if you might find this study helpful to read.
- Laparoscopic Management of Duodenal Obstruction Resulting From Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/1919063

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