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Severe gastric dilatation due to superior mesenteric artery syndrome in anorexia nervosa

September 18, 2018

Severe gastric dilatation due to superior mesenteric artery syndrome in anorexia nervosa

ABSTRACT: Fortyseven year old female, with a history of anorexia nervosa, was admitted to a medical stabilization unit (ACUTE) complaining of abdominal pain exacerbated by oral intake, associated with nausea, and relieved by emesis.

Admission body mass index was 10.6. Labs were notable for hepatitis and hypoglycemia. On her progressive oral refeeding plan, she suddenly developed severe abdominal pain. Computed tomography (CT) revealed gastric dilatation and superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome. SMA syndrome is a rare complication of severe malnutrition resulting from compression of the duodenum between the aorta and the SMA. It is diagnosed by an upper gastrointestinal series or an abdominal CT.

Gastric dilatation, in turn, is a rare complication of SMA syndrome to be included in the differential diagnoses of abdominal pain in severely malnourished patients as it is potentially lifethreatening. The patient was switched to an oral liquid diet, began weight restoring, and had resolution of symptoms.

 

To read the full abstract of this article visit the website link shown below.

  1. Mascolo M, Dee E, Townsend R, Brinton JT, Mehler PS. 'Severe gastric dilatation due to superior mesenteric artery syndrome in anorexia nervosa.' Int J Eat Disord. 2015 Jul;48(5):532–4. DOI: 10.1002/eat.22385
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