An unusual case of left renal artery compression: a rare type of median arcuate ligament syndrome.
Compression from median arcuate ligament was observed during multidetector 64-row computed tomography in a Caucasian 30-year-old female. The patient was referred for examination to exclude anatomical pathologies causing hypertension. The examination demonstrated that left renal artery, which had its origin in the chest (at the level of upper one-third of Th12), was compressed as it passed by median arcuate ligament of the diaphragm. In addition, aortic compression and kinked shape was also revealed.
Department of Radiology, Medical University of Łódź, Kopcińskiego 22, 90-153, Lodz, Poland.
Agata
A
Arazińska
Department of Angiology, Medical University of Łódź, Narutowicza 60, 90-136, Lodz, Poland. michal.polguj@umed.lodz.pl.
Michał
M
Polguj
Department of Radiology, Medical University of Łódź, Kopcińskiego 22, 90-153, Lodz, Poland.
Andrzej
A
Wojciechowski
Department of Radiology, Medical University of Łódź, Kopcińskiego 22, 90-153, Lodz, Poland.
Łukasz
Ł
Trębiński
Department of Radiology, Medical University of Łódź, Kopcińskiego 22, 90-153, Lodz, Poland.
Ludomir
L
Stefańczyk
D000328:Adult; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000074742:Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Computed tomography angiography; Hypertension; Left renal artery compression; Median arcuate ligament syndrome