title: Clinical and multidetector computed tomography findings of patients with median arcuate ligament syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The present study aimed to present the clinical and multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) findings of patients who were diagnosed with the median arcuate ligament (MAL) syndrome on MDCT retrospectively.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven hundred forty-four patients in whom MDCT angiography was performed were retrospectively analyzed for investigating incidental MAL syndrome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-one patients were shown to have MAL syndrome. Of 21 patients, 18 with MAL syndrome were asymptomatic. Three patients had some symptoms. On MDCT angiography, proximal narrowing of the arteries was observed in 21 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MDCT is a minimally invasive and useful tool for the diagnosis of MAL syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical School, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey. drhaticegumus@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gümüş
authors.forename: Metehan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gümüş
authors.forename: Güven
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tekbaş
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Önder
authors.forename: Faysal
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ekici
authors.forename: Mehmet Güli
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Çetinçakmak
authors.forename: Aslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bilici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*