Mesenteric Duodenal Compression Syndrome:

Terms Related to Mesenteric Duodenal Compression Syndrome

• Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion

  Obstruction of the flow in the mesenteric circulation by atherosclerosis, emboli or thrombi, stenosis, trauma, and compression or intrinsic pressure from adjacent tumors. Rare causes ...

• Mesenteric Vein

  Veins which return blood from the intestines; the inferior mesenteric vein empties into the splenic vein, the superior mesenteric vein joins the splenic vein to ...

• Mesenteric Lymphadenitis

  Inflammation of the mesenteric lymph nodes.

• Inferior Mesenteric Artery

  The artery supplying nearly all the left half of the transverse colon, the whole of the descending colon, the sigmoid colon, and the greater part ...

• Nelson Syndrome

  A syndrome characterized by increased skin pigmentation, visual defects secondary to compression of the OPTIC CHIASM, and elevated serum levels of ACTH following adrenalectomy for ...

• Thoracic Outlet Nerve Compression Syndrome

  A neurovascular syndrome associated with compression of the BRACHIAL PLEXUS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; and SUBCLAVIAN VEIN at the superior thoracic outlet. This may result from a ...