Table 1.
Patient | Age (years)/ sex |
Clinical presentation | Diagnosis on gastrografin/ barium meal∗ |
Diagnosis on CT scan∗∗ |
Upper endoscopy |
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1st | 17/♀ | Chronic abdominal pain, vomiting, and weight loss | Yes | Not done | Done, not diagnostic |
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2nd | 16/♀ | Chronic abdominal pain, nausea, repeated vomiting, persistent hunger, and weight loss | Yes | Yes | Done, not diagnostic |
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3rd | 18/♀ | Acute abdominal pain, vomiting, and weight loss | Yes | Not done | Not done |
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4th | 25/♂ | Acute abdominal pain, vomiting, sense of distension, and weight loss | Yes | Yes | Done, not diagnostic+ |
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5th | 13/♀ | Chronic abdominal pain after meals, vomiting, and weight loss | Yes | Not done | Not done |
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6th | 9/♀ | Acute abdominal pain, nausea, and repeated vomiting | Yes | Not done | Not done |
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7th | 22/♀ | Chronic abdominal pain, vomiting, and weight loss | Yes | Yes | Not done |
∗Dilation of the duodenum with abrupt cut-off at its third part, coinciding with the line of the SMA.
∗∗Narrow aortomesenteric angle and aortomesenteric distance.