title: [Aneurysm of the celiac trunk. Etiopathogenic role of the arcuate ligament].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aneurysms of arteries supplying the digestive tract are uncommon and usually asymptomatic.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 58-year-old woman presented weight-loss with intestinal angina and a painful abdomen. Explorations induced an arteriogram of the aorta and the digestive arteries which showed an aneurysm of the celiac trunk located immediately below a stenosis facing the arcuate ligament.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The discovery of an aneurysm of the celiac trunk in a patient without any history of hypertension or artheromatous disease led us to implicate the arcuate ligament as the causal agent. Radiography and histology findings favored this hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Clinique médicale et endocrinologique, Hôpital Sainte-Blandine, Metz.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hadjadj
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mabillon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Frisch
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Friard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Louis
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017843:Ligamentum Flavum; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Anévrisme du tronc coeliaque. Rôle étiopathogénique du ligament arqué.