Key result
Conservative treatment with jejunostomy tube feeding was used to manage a 29-year-old female presenting with concurrent Wilkie syndrome and nutcracker syndrome.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights a rare presentation of a patient with concurrent Wilkie syndrome and nutcracker syndrome treated conservatively with jejunostomy tube feeding.
Supports conservative options in rare concurrent Wilkie-nutcracker syndrome; extends case-level evidence but leaves open comparative efficacy.
Wilkie syndrome or superior mesenteric artery syndrome is a rare cause of duodenal obstruction in pediatric and adult age groups. Its manifestations are due to compression of the third portion of the duodenum between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery. We present one case of a 29-year-old female with a recent history of epigastric pain and severe weight loss due to duodenal obstruction from superior mesenteric syndrome. She was treated conservatively with jejunostomy tube feeding to regain loss of weight. Our case is unique in that the patient has also nutcracker syndrome.
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Barsoum et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Wilkie syndrome and nutcracker syndrome (n=1). Conservative treatment with jejunostomy tube feeding was evaluated on Regain loss of weight. Conservative treatment with jejunostomy tube feeding was used to manage a 29-year-old female presenting with concurrent Wilkie syndrome and nutcracker syndrome.
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