The purpose of this study was to characterize the outcome of attempted endovascular intervention in patients with acute embolic or thrombotic superior mesenteric artery (SMA) occlusion.

No explanation for the pleural fluid was found. Although mesenteric vascular occlusion is a disease rarely seen in infancy and childhood, it is often amenable to surgical therapy. The diagnosis ...

One study reported 100% sensitivity -- but only 38% specificity -- for superior mesenteric artery thromboembolism ... in identifying proximal stenosis or occlusion of vessels.