WILKIE'S SYNDROME: A BRIEF UNDERSTANDING THROUGH ILLUSTRATIONS

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  • Maria Paula Forero Rios Universidad El Bosque

Abstract

Superior mesenteric artery syndrome or also known as Wilkie's syndrome is a pathology given by the abnormal course of superior mesenteric artery caused by reduction in the aorto-mesenteric angle mainly by loss of perivascular and retroperitoneal fat, mainly causing compression of the third portion of the duodenum , becoming one of the causes of intestinal obstruction.

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2023-05-29

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Forero Rios, M. P. (2023). WILKIE’S SYNDROME: A BRIEF UNDERSTANDING THROUGH ILLUSTRATIONS. Annals of Mediterranean Surgery, 6(2). Retrieved from https://edicions.uib.cat/ojs/index.php/AMS/article/view/1083

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