title: True celiac artery aneurysm secondary to median arcuate ligament syndrome.
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.
authors.affiliation: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA. jcjimene@gmail.com
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jimenez
authors.forename: Fuad
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rafidi
authors.forename: Lilah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D015171:Ganglionectomy; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome