Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome With Nutcracker Phenomenon in an Ulcerative Colitis Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review
Abdulla Alabed, Mohamed Wael, Mariam Adnan, Mohamed Alabbasi, Nawara Aljasim, Sara Altamimi, Faisal Abubaker, Omar Sharif · 2026
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Abdulla Alabed and co-authors report, in a 2026 case with a literature review, a 20-year-old woman with active ulcerative colitis who turned out to have two rare compression problems at once. Alongside her bowel flare she had lost weight and suffered nausea and vomiting, and imaging revealed both superior mesenteric artery syndrome and the nutcracker phenomenon.
In the first, the duodenum is squeezed between the aorta and a branch artery, blocking food passage. In the second, the left kidney vein is pinched in the same fork, swelling upstream. Only a handful of combined cases were known, none with ulcerative colitis. Care ranges from nutrition support to surgery, and the report maps the diagnostic trap of blaming every symptom on the known bowel disease.
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| CREATOR | Abdulla Alabed, Mohamed Wael, Mariam Adnan, Mohamed Alabbasi, Nawara Aljasim, Sara Altamimi, Faisal Abubaker, Omar Sharif |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17340 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |