Kotisso Berhanu, Bekele Abebe, Nega Berhanu
Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Ethiop Med J. 2008 Jan;46(1):93-8.
The Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome is a rare cause of duodenal obstruction. We present two young Ethiopian female patients who were diagnosed with this rare condition. After a duodeno-jejunostomy, the patients showed significant improvement and were discharged in a very good condition. This is the first report of this rare case from Ethiopia and a brief literature review is also presented.
