Median Arcuate Ligament Compression of the Celiac and Superior Mesenteric Arteries
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Doppler ultrasound diagnosis of an unusual variant of median arcuate ligament syndrome: concomitant involvement of celiac and superior mesenteric arteries. A case report.
Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS), also known as celiac artery compression syndrome is a rare condition characterized by chronic mesenteric ischemia, secondary to the compression of the celiac artery by the median arcuate ligament. Occasionally, in addition to the celiac artery, the superior mesenteric artery may be partially compressed by the median arcuate ligament. We report a case wit...
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Ihsan Al-Bayati, MD, First Year Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Richard W. McCallum, MD, Professor and Founding Chair of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine Director, Center of Neurogastroenterology and GI Motility, El Paso, TX Median arcuate ligament syndrome is an uncommon disorder first described in the 1960s. It is ch...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1971
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-197102000-00022