Superior mesenteric artery thrombosis (SMA) is a rare but potentially fatal disease. With the rapid increase in imaging modalities for patients with abdominal pain like biphasic CT scan1 and multidetector biphasic CT angiography2. There are two main intervention strategies for treatment of acute superior mesenteric artery occlusion namely endovascular revascularization of superior mesenteric artery and open surgery where the favourable outcome was more with endovascular revascularization therapy when compared to open surgery.3

Keywords: Superior Mesenteric Artery; Occlusion; Pain abdomen.