Abstract

VAN DER MERWE, T  and  GEORGIOU, E. Superior mesenteric artery syndrome in an adolescent male. S. Afr. j. surg. [online]. 2025, vol.63, n.1, pp.12-14. ISSN 2078-5151.  https://doi.org/10.36303/SAJS.00674.

This report describes a 13-year-old male patient admitted with superior mesenteric artery syndrome (SMAS) requiring urgent surgery for decompression due to worsening pain and elevated lactate levels. SMAS is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal obstruction and in this case may have been due to a rapid growth spurt.

Keywords : rapid growth spurt; superior mesenteric artery syndrome.

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