Tsuji Yoshihiko, Hino Yutaka, Sugimoto Koji, Matsuda Hitoshi, Okita Yutaka
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2004 Sep-Oct;38(5):469-72. doi: 10.1177/153857440403800513.
A 44-year-old man with abdominal pain was diagnosed as having a spontaneous isolated dissection of the superior mesenteric artery. The patient was successfully treated with endoaneurysmorrhaphy 5 months after the onset and has been symptom free 15 months after surgery. In view of the excellent surgical outcome in the literature, surgical intervention for this rare pathology should be considered.