Case report demonstrates isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection in metastatic cancer, highlighting the need to rule out vascular emergencies.
Isolated superior mesenteric artery dissection (ISMAD) is a rare vascular surgical disease. Its symptoms have no obvious specificity, and it is easy to be misdiagnosed or missed. This paper reports a patient with peritoneal metastasis who was eventually diagnosed with ISMAD presenting with abdominal pain, highlighting the diagnostic challenge and the importance of considering vascular emergencies in oncology patients.
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