Abstract
A 79 year old man, treated 3 years previously for mesenteric ischemia with stent placement in the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), presented in the emergency room with abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting of 3 days' duration. An abdominal computed tomography angiogram was performed, which indicated sigmoid colitis. By chance, a kink of the SMA stent was noted, with contraction of the abdominal wall. There was no in-stent stenosis and the inferior mesenteric artery was open. After 24 hours without oral intake the patient was symptom free, and a colonoscopy confirmed the diagnosis of colitis.
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