Abdominal vascular syndromes: characteristic imaging findings

• Main Authors: Leandro Cardarelli-Leite, Fernanda Garozzo Velloni, Priscila Silveira Salvadori, Marcelo Delboni Lemos, Giuseppe D'Ippolito
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem
• Series: Radiologia Brasileira
• Subjects: Gastrointestinal tract; Venous thrombosis; Arteriovenous fistula; Hemangioma
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-39842016000400011&lng=en&tlng=en

Abstract Abdominal vascular syndromes are rare diseases. Although such syndromes vary widely in terms of symptoms and etiologies, certain imaging findings are characteristic. Depending on their etiology, they can be categorized as congenital-including blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome, and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome)-or compressive-including "nutcracker" syndrome, median arcuate ligament syndrome, Cockett syndrome (also known as May-Thurner syndrome), and superior mesenteric artery syndrome. In this article, we aimed to illustrate imaging findings that are characteristic of these syndromes, through studies conducted at our institution, as well as to perform a brief review of the literature on this topic.