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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Unique challenges for appropriate management of a 16-year-old girl with superior mesenteric artery syndrome as a result of anorexia nervosa: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Unique challenges for appropriate management of a 16-year-old girl with superior mesenteric artery syndrome as a result of anorexia nervosa a case report Philip A Verhoef 2 and Angelika Rampal2 Address Department of Internal Medicine University of California Los Angeles Le Conte Ave Los Angeles CA USA and 2Department of Pediatrics Mattel Children s Hospital at the University of California Los Angeles Le Conte Ave Los Angeles CA USA Email Philip AVerhoef - Angelika Rampal - arampal@ Corresponding author Published 16 November 2009 Received 6 February 2008 _ __AAAO nn 10 17 7 n-7 Accepted 16 November 2009 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 127 doi l 752-1947-3-127 This article is available from http content 3 1 127 2009 Verhoef and Rampal licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Introduction Nausea and vomiting in an adolescent though common presenting symptoms often pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the physician. When the diagnosis involves both medical and psychiatric components management can be complex especially in the current healthcare system in the United States. To the best of our knowledge there have been no previous publications detailing successful management of a patient with anorexia nervosa and superior mesenteric artery syndrome. Case presentation We report the case of a 16-year-old Caucasian girl who presented to our emergency department with nausea abdominal pain diminished appetite and vomiting. Her history and examination were .