[Aneurysm of the celiac trunk. Etiopathogenic role of the arcuate ligament].
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.
Hadjadj
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S
Clinique médicale et endocrinologique, Hôpital Sainte-Blandine, Metz.
Mabillon
I
I
Frisch
N
N
Friard
T
T
Louis
J
J
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
Anévrisme du tronc coeliaque. Rôle étiopathogénique du ligament arqué.