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ArticleCureus2026

Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome Complicated by Nutcracker Syndrome: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges.

Melika Sarkandi, Marisol A Burciaga, Joseph Awa, Katelyn Brown, K Dean Gubler

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Melika SarkandiEmergency Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, USA.
Marisol A BurciagaEmergency Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, USA.
Joseph AwaEmergency Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, USA.
Katelyn BrownEmergency Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Parker, USA.
K Dean GublerSurgery, Rocky Vista University of Osteopathic Medicine, Rocky Vista University, Ivins, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vascular compression syndromes result from compression of blood vessels by anatomical structures, impairing arterial or venous flow. Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome causes duodenal obstruction due to a narrowed aortomesenteric angle and a shortened distance. Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) involves compression of the left renal vein (LRV) between the SMA and aorta. Both conditions are rare, with concurrent cases infrequently reported.

Indexed as

left renal vein compressionnutcracker syndromesma syndromesuperior mesenteric artery syndromevascular compression syndrome

Identifiers

PMID42553872
PMCPMC13437039

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