Wilkie syndrome as a diagnostic challenge in intestinal obstruction: case report

Rodriguez-Benites A.F.; Sanchez-Landers M.; Deza Tarrillo N.E. · Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru (2024) · DOI: 10.47892/rgp.2024.441.1637

Resumen

Wilkie syndrome is a rare pathology that generates intestinal obstruction due to a decrease of the aortomesenteric angle compromising the third portion of the duodenum. We describe a case of an 18-year-old female patient, diagnosed with Wilkie syndrome, with clinical symptoms of intestinal obstruction and weight loss. The diagnosis was made with abdominal CT. Wilkie syndrome is a rare pathology, which becomes a diagnostic challenge because it presents a similar picture to other more common pathologies. We recommend that it should be suspected in the presence of duodenal obstruction.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo