title: Clinical and radiologic review of uncommon cause of profound iron deficiency anemia: median arcuate ligament syndrome.
abstract: Median arcuate ligament syndrome is an anatomic and clinical entity characterized by dynamic compression of the proximal celiac artery by the median arcuate ligament, which leads to postprandial epigastric pain, vomiting, and weight loss. These symptoms are usually nonspecific and are easily misdiagnosed as functional dyspepsia, peptic ulcer disease, or gastropathy. In this report, we presented a 72-year-old male patient with celiac artery compression syndrome causing recurrent abdominal pain associated with gastric ulcer and iron deficiency anemia. This association is relatively uncommon and therefore not well determined. In addition, we reported the CT angiography findings and three-dimensional reconstructions of this rare case.
authors: Department of Radiology, Sakarya University Medical Faculty, Sakarya 54100, Turkey.
authors: Yasemin
authors: Y
authors: Gunduz
authors: Department of Radiology, Sakarya University Medical Faculty, Sakarya 54100, Turkey.
authors: Kıyasettin
authors: K
authors: Asil
authors: Department of Radiology, Sakarya University Medical Faculty, Sakarya 54100, Turkey.
authors: Yakup Ersel
authors: YE
authors: Aksoy
authors: Department of Radiology, Sakarya University Medical Faculty, Sakarya 54100, Turkey.
authors: Laçin
authors: L
authors: Tatlı Ayhan
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003964:Diaphragm; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000074742:Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome; D012008:Recurrence; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015431:Weight Loss
keywords: Gastric ulcer; Iron deficiency anemia; Median arcuate ligament syndrome