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Watershed area between SMA and IMA which commonly result in ischemia is?

A
Hepatic flexure
B
Splenic flexure
C
Rectosigmoid Jn.
D
Ileocolic In.
High-Yield Explanation
There are several weak points in the colonic blood supply, known as watershed areas, which result from incomplete anastomoses of the marginal aeries.The two most common points are:- Griffith's point at the splenic flexure and- Sudeck's point at the rectosigmoid junction.Rectosigmoid junction is the watershed territory between IMA and the internal iliac aery.

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