Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a condition that affects the duodenum — the section of the small intestine that joins the stomach. The syndrome is caused by the compressing of the ...

Katie Shalka, 28, has had flank pain for nearly a decade, but doctors said it was likely “just bad periods.” Now she’s been ...

Mesenteric (or intestinal) artery disease is a condition that develops when the arteries in the abdomen that supply the intestines become narrowed, or blocked, by an accumulation of a fatty substance ...

Old Bangladeshi Patient with a rare Gastro-Vascular Disorder Of intestine has been successfully treated at a hospital in ...

However, further tests revealed she had Wilkie syndrome, a rare condition where the superior mesenteric artery compresses the ...

A team of urologists at Catholic University of Korea's Seoul St. Mary's Hospital (first author Abuzenada Mohammed Adnan M, ...

A Geelong student who spent term three fighting for her life in hospital and sat her VCE exams with a feeding tube in has ...

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In July Ms Pandit was diagnosed with rare, and potentially fatal, gastrointestinal disorder superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS). But, she said it was the diagnosis that probably saved her life.