Today we heard an interesting case of a patient with post-prandial pain, early satiety and weight loss. The underlying cause was obstruction of the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries.
There is a general review of SMA syndrome
here.
The relevant anatomy is reviewed below (images from wikimedia.org, click to enlarge)
Celiac Artery:

Superior Mesenteric Artery:

Inferior Mesenteric Artery:
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