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Sonographic diagnosis of inferior mesenteric artery aneurysm and marginal artery of Drummond
Author(s) -
Momin Asif A.,
Chaubal Nitin G.,
Saifi Shenaz G. A.,
Kazi Zubair N.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20397
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior mesenteric artery , superior mesenteric artery , stenosis , radiology , ultrasound , aneurysm , artery , occlusion , collateral circulation , celiac artery , ischemia , cardiology
We report the case of a patient in whom sonographic examination revealed an aneurysm of the inferior mesenteric artery with severe proximal stenosis and poststenotic dilatation—the enlargement of the proximal portion of the artery of Drummond. This collateral pathway should be kept in mind when studying bowel ischemia, especially when stenosis is present or when there is occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2008