Open AccessSuperior mesenteric artery syndrome leading to reversible mucosal gangrene
Author(s) -
Uemura Satomi,
Suzuki Kei,
Katayama Naoyuki,
Imai Hiroshi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
acute medicine and surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2052-8817
DOI - 10.1002/ams2.283
Subject(s) - medicine , superior mesenteric artery , septic shock , superior mesenteric artery syndrome , shock (circulatory) , gangrene , surgery , duodenum , sepsis , cardiology
We describe a case in which gastrointestinal distention due to superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) developed into membranous gangrene, which in turn led to septic shock in a 60‐year‐old woman with cerebral palsy and cachexia. The association with SMAS and septic shock is considered extremely rare, it is important to consider this combination especially in cachectic patients with gastric distension accompanying refractory shock unknown etiology.