Javaid, Mustafawi, & Ahmad. (2009). The Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome (SMAS): Is it really a diagnostic dilemma? Annals of Pediatric Surgery, 5(3), 205-209. 

            Notes: Case report of 3 children diagnosed with SMAS. Case 1, 7-year old female with post-prandial pain, vomiting, loss of appetite & weight. Medical management failed after 3 weeks, at which time a duodenojejunostomy was performed, which was successful at 1 month follow-up. Case 2, a 12-year-old girl with pain, vomiting & weight loss with a history of scoliosis surgery 1 month prior underwent successful medical treatment starting with TPN and leading to high-calorie meals with positioning. Case 3 was a 10-year-old boy with pain and frequent vomiting treated successfully with medical management. Relapse after 1 month was also successfully treated medically. Link: http://www.aps.eg.net/back_issue/vol5/issue3_july2009/pdf/10-The%20Superior%20Mesenteric%20Artery%20Syndrome.pdf

Dash, N. (2011). An unusual cause of superior mesenteric artery syndrome in a young boy. Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 67(1), 92-92. doi:10.1016/S0377-1237(11)80032-8 

            Notes: Case report of 14-year-old boy diagnosed with SMAS. Duodenojejunostomy was successful with 6 month follow up. Anatomic anomalies of the caecum and ascending colon are said to be the cause of the narrowed SMA angle. Link: http://www.mjafi.net/article/S0377-1237(11)80032-8/pdf x

França Neto, P. R., Paiva, R. d. A., Lacerda Filho, A., Queiroz, F. L. d., & Noronha, T. (2011). Superior mesenteric artery compression syndrome - case report. Journal of Coloproctology (Rio De Janeiro), 31(4), 401-404. doi:10.1590/S2237-93632011000400015 

            Notes:  Case report of a 40-year-old woman diagnosed with cancer. After surgery to remove cancer, vomiting persisted, and SMAS was diagnosed. Conservative treatment was successful. Link: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S2237-93632011000400015&script=sci_arttext

Wilson-Storey, D., & MacKinlay, G. A. (1986). The superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 31(3), 175. 

            Notes: Reports of 4 cases of patients diagnosed with SMAS. Case 1 is an 8-year-old boy with recent history of vascular surgery found to have malrotation and a “kink” at the SMA artery. Mobilization and derotation of the duodenum was successful. Case 2 is a 12-year-old girl diagnosed with SMAS following rapid increase in height without weight gain. Conservative treatment was initially successful, but after a re-occurrence 3 months later, a Strong’s procedure was successful. Case 3 is an 11-year-old boy diagnosed with SMAS after losing weight while in a hip spica for a hip fracture. Conservative treatment with positioning combined with cutting back the cast led to remission of symptoms. Case 4 is a 9-year-old boy with scoliosis who wore a brace diagnosed with SMAS. A Strong’s procedure was successful. Includes diagrams  Link: http://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468%2887%2980672-3/abstract

Moskovich, R., & Cheong-Leen, P. (1986). Vascular compression of the duodenum. JRSM, 79(8), 465-467. 

            Notes: Case one involves a 15-year-old female treated surgically for scoliosis and diagnosed post-op with SMAS, treated successfully with conservative treatment involving positioning. Case two involves a 20-year-old female treated surgically for scoliosis diagnosed with SMAS post-op. Surgical treatment (side-to-side duodenojejunostomy) was successful. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1290418/pdf/jrsocmed00187-0031.pdf