All issues > Volume 28(10); 1985

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1985;28(10):1017-1022. Published online October 31, 1985.

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome.

J H Kim, Y B Shin, H S Song, I S Choi, H S Lee, J S Kim

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chonbuk University Medical School, Chonju, Korea

Abstract

Vomiting, indigestion and recurrent epigastric pain are common in pediatric practice. Inspite of extensive clinical and laboratory investigation, definite cause can not be identified frequently, And furthermore many of those are considered as neurotic. The purpose of this report is to call attention to this syndrome as a cause of abdominal pain and to discuss its pathogenesis and treatment.

Keywords :Superior mesenteric artery syndrome