Open AccessMan with sudden upper abdominal pain
Author(s) -
Hsu HungLin,
Lee WeiJing
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
hong kong journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2309-5407
pISSN - 1024-9079
DOI - 10.1177/1024907918788221
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal pain , vomiting , epigastric pain , surgery , percutaneous , emergency department , refractory (planetary science) , superior mesenteric artery , physics , astrobiology , psychiatry
A 52‐year‐old man without systemic disease presented to the emergency department with sudden‐onset epigastric pain for 2 h. He had vomiting for several times without fever, diarrhea, or recent abdominal trauma. Point‐of‐care ultrasound revealed flap in the superior mesenteric artery. Percutaneous endovascular stent placement was arranged due to refractory upper abdominal pain and poor response to medical treatment.