True Celiac Artery Aneurysm Secondary to Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome
- 8 April 2011
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
- Vol. 45 (3), 288-289
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1538574411399155
Abstract
Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is a rare disorder associated with chronic, postprandial abdominal pain and radiographic evidence of celiac artery compression. True arterial aneurysms distal to sites of chronic vascular compression due to post-stenotic dilatation have been described in other anatomic locations such as thoracic outlet syndrome and popliteal entrapment syndrome. We present the case of a patient who presented to vascular surgery clinic with a 35 year history of epigastric abdominal pain and bloating and was found to have a large celiac artery aneurysm with severe compression by the MAL.Keywords
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