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Superior mesenteric artery syndrome

An often overlooked cause of abdominal pain!

Khawaja B. Waheed, Waseem Jan Shah, Arifa Jamal, Hassan R. Mohammed, Bilal Altaf, Muhammad Amjad, Muneerah Al Bassam, Doaa H. Almutawa and Zechariah J. Arulanantham
Saudi Medical Journal October 2021, 42 (10) 1145-1148; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.10.20210509
Khawaja B. Waheed
From the Department of Radiology Department (Waheed); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Jamal, Amjad); from the Vascular Surgery Department (Mohammed); from the Department of General Surgery (Altaf); from the Radiology Department (Al Bassam, Almutawa), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Vice Deanship of Post-graduate and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Paediatric Surgery (Jan Shah), Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
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Waseem Jan Shah
From the Department of Radiology Department (Waheed); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Jamal, Amjad); from the Vascular Surgery Department (Mohammed); from the Department of General Surgery (Altaf); from the Radiology Department (Al Bassam, Almutawa), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Vice Deanship of Post-graduate and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Paediatric Surgery (Jan Shah), Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
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Arifa Jamal
From the Department of Radiology Department (Waheed); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Jamal, Amjad); from the Vascular Surgery Department (Mohammed); from the Department of General Surgery (Altaf); from the Radiology Department (Al Bassam, Almutawa), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Vice Deanship of Post-graduate and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Paediatric Surgery (Jan Shah), Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
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Hassan R. Mohammed
From the Department of Radiology Department (Waheed); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Jamal, Amjad); from the Vascular Surgery Department (Mohammed); from the Department of General Surgery (Altaf); from the Radiology Department (Al Bassam, Almutawa), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Vice Deanship of Post-graduate and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Paediatric Surgery (Jan Shah), Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
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Bilal Altaf
From the Department of Radiology Department (Waheed); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Jamal, Amjad); from the Vascular Surgery Department (Mohammed); from the Department of General Surgery (Altaf); from the Radiology Department (Al Bassam, Almutawa), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Vice Deanship of Post-graduate and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Paediatric Surgery (Jan Shah), Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
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Muhammad Amjad
From the Department of Radiology Department (Waheed); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Jamal, Amjad); from the Vascular Surgery Department (Mohammed); from the Department of General Surgery (Altaf); from the Radiology Department (Al Bassam, Almutawa), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Vice Deanship of Post-graduate and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Paediatric Surgery (Jan Shah), Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
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Muneerah Al Bassam
From the Department of Radiology Department (Waheed); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Jamal, Amjad); from the Vascular Surgery Department (Mohammed); from the Department of General Surgery (Altaf); from the Radiology Department (Al Bassam, Almutawa), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Vice Deanship of Post-graduate and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Paediatric Surgery (Jan Shah), Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
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Doaa H. Almutawa
From the Department of Radiology Department (Waheed); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Jamal, Amjad); from the Vascular Surgery Department (Mohammed); from the Department of General Surgery (Altaf); from the Radiology Department (Al Bassam, Almutawa), King Fahad Military Medical Complex; from the Vice Deanship of Post-graduate and Research (Arulanantham), Prince Sultan Military College of Health Science, Dahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Paediatric Surgery (Jan Shah), Sher I Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar.
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Zechariah J. Arulanantham
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Khawaja B. Waheed, Waseem Jan Shah, Arifa Jamal, Hassan R. Mohammed, Bilal Altaf, Muhammad Amjad, Muneerah Al Bassam, Doaa H. Almutawa, Zechariah J. Arulanantham
Saudi Medical Journal Oct 2021, 42 (10) 1145-1148; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.10.20210509

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Khawaja B. Waheed, Waseem Jan Shah, Arifa Jamal, Hassan R. Mohammed, Bilal Altaf, Muhammad Amjad, Muneerah Al Bassam, Doaa H. Almutawa, Zechariah J. Arulanantham
Saudi Medical Journal Oct 2021, 42 (10) 1145-1148; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.10.20210509
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