THE use of translumbar aortography is sufficiently widespread so that a considerable literature has appeared in which indications, technic and complications have been thoroughly discussed. It is ...

A research team from Taiwan reported a 41-year-old man with poorly controlled diabetic mellitus who developed superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome due to rapid weight loss. The importance of this ...

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is an eating disorder with signs and symptoms of severe weight loss, restrictive eating, and fear of weight gain. While not everyone with AN is severely underweight, many ...

Superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition characterised by extrinsic compression of the third portion of the duodenum between the superior mesenteric ...

24-year-old Kaitlynn Heinl is just 65 pounds. She suffers from a rare congenital syndrome called Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome or SMA. Her journey started at age 12, but for more than a decade ...

A 27-year-old man presents to a Radiodiagnostic and Radiotherapy Unit in Catania, Italy, for investigation of rapid weight loss. He reports that he has lost 10 kg in the past 3 months; his only other ...