Abstract

RODRIGUEZ-BENITES, Arnold Frank; SANCHEZ-LANDERS, Manuel  and  DEZA TARRILLO, Nogui Emil. Wilkie syndrome as a diagnostic challenge in intestinal obstruction: case report. Rev. gastroenterol. Perú [online]. 2024, vol.44, n.1, pp.75-78.  Epub Mar 18, 2024. ISSN 1022-5129.  http://dx.doi.org/10.47892/rgp.2024.441.1637.

Wilkie syndrome is a rare pathology that generates intestinal obstruction due to a decrease of the aortomesenteric angle compromising the third portion of the duodenum. We describe a case of an 18-year-old female patient, diagnosed with Wilkie syndrome, with clinical symptoms of intestinal obstruction and weight loss. The diagnosis was made with abdominal CT. Wilkie syndrome is a rare pathology, which becomes a diagnostic challenge because it presents a similar picture to other more common pathologies. We recommend that it should be suspected in the presence of duodenal obstruction.

Keywords : Syndrome, Wilkie; Mesenteric artery, superior; Duodenal obstruction; Computed axial tomography.

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