OBJECTIVE: This article describes the typical imaging findings and clinical features that are associated with four abdominal vascular compression syndromes. We explain the underlying pathophysiology that results in these clinical syndromes so that the patient subset who will benefit from treatment can be identified. CONCLUSION: The abdominal vascular compression syndromes discussed here are uncommon and are potentially easily missed on a cursory review of radiologic examinations, particularly in a nonspecific and vague clinical setting. Hence, knowledge of the typical imaging findings and associated clinical symptoms is essential so that the they can be carefully sought and excluded. However, because these findings may also exist in healthy individuals as anatomic variants, it is important to correlate radiologic findings with clinical symptoms to identify the subset of patients who will benefit from treatment.
OBJECTIVE: This article describes the typical imaging findings and clinical features that are associated with four abdominal vascular compression syndromes. We explain the underlying pathophysiology that results in these clinical syndromes so that the patient subset who will benefit from treatment can be identified. CONCLUSION: The abdominal vascular compression syndromes discussed here are uncommon and are potentially easily missed on a cursory review of radiologic examinations, particularly in a nonspecific and vague clinical setting. Hence, knowledge of the typical imaging findings and associated clinical symptoms is essential so that the they can be carefully sought and excluded. However, because these findings may also exist in healthy individuals as anatomic variants, it is important to correlate radiologic findings with clinical symptoms to identify the subset of patients who will benefit from treatment.
Authors: Christian Fisahn; Marc Moisi; Randle Umeh; Scott Sylvester; Prasanthi Maddali; Susan J Tubbs; Rod J Oskouian; Marios Loukas; R Shane Tubbs Journal: Cureus Date: 2016-09-22
Authors: Giuseppe Cicero; Tommaso D'Angelo; Antonio Bottari; Giuseppe Costantino; Carmela Visalli; Sergio Racchiusa; Maria Adele Marino; Marco Cavallaro; Luciano Frosina; Alfredo Blandino; Silvio Mazziotti Journal: Am J Case Rep Date: 2018-04-12
Authors: Gabriel Alejandro Molina Proaño; María Mercedes Cobo Andrade; Ramiro Antonio Guadalupe Rodríguez; Patricio Fernando Gálvez Salazar; Diego Paul Cadena Aguirre; Gregorio Vicente González Poma; Bernardo Miguel Gutierrez Granja Journal: J Surg Case Rep Date: 2018-09-21