Fig. 11

A 22-year-old female patient complaining of attacks of post prandial pain. MDCTE a sagittal and b axial cuts show compression of the third part of the duodenum (arrow) between the descending aorta and the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), acute aorto-mesenteric angle “16°,”and attenuated aorto-mesenteric distance “8 mm” with proximal dilatation involving the stomach, and the second part of the duodenum is noted (stars). Diagnosis: superior mesenteric artery syndrome