What does SMA stand for?

Superior Mesenteric Artery (upper intestinal artery)

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Samples in periodicals archive:

CT can show prevertebral extension of tumor across the midline as well as encasement of the celiac axis or superior mesenteric artery by the neuroblastoma.

Bilateral adrenal neuroblastoma

An aberrant right pulmonary artery arising from the abdominal aorta at the origin of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) supplying the right lower lung zone was also demonstrated.

Unusual case of pulmonary valve atresia

Midgut volvulus refers to twisting of the entire midgut about the axis of the superior mesenteric artery.

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3,4) Given that the majority of extra-adrenal intra-abdominal paragangliomas occur in the superior para-aortic region, (7) it is not surprising that normal paraganglionic tissue has been described close to the duodenum and at the root of the superior mesenteric artery.

Mesenteric paraganglioma: a case report and review of the literature. ...

The sidehole pattern and unique tip shape allow for opacification of the aorta from distal vessels - without obscuring the image by filling of the superior mesenteric artery.

ANGIODYNAMICS DEBUTS ACCU-VU ANGIOGRAPHIC CATHETERS

William Norwood, the surgeon who operated on the patient, opined that she may have had in infarct (an area of tissue death due to a local lack of oxygen) of the superior mesenteric artery, the main blood supply to the intestines.

Hindsight Cannot be Used to Judge Propriety of Treatment

The sidehole pattern and unique tip shape allow for opacification of the aorta from distal vessels - without obscuring the image by filling of the superior mesenteric artery.

AngioDynamics Introduces ACCU-VU Sizing Angiographic Catheters

Transcather embolization of a superior mesenteric artery pseudoaneurysm.

Radiological case of the month: Craig Johnson, DO, Chadi Chahin, MD, ...