Case Reports

Median arcuate ligament syndrome diagnosed with multisliced computerized tomography: A case report

10.5350/BTDMJB201208310

  • Hanifi Bayaroğulları
  • Ramazan Davran
  • Ahmet Aslan
  • İnan Korkmaz
  • Rasim Yanmaz
  • Muhyittin Temiz
  • Ali Balcı

Received Date: 31.12.2010 Accepted Date: 15.02.2012 Med J Bakirkoy 2012;8(3):145-147

Median arcuate ligament syndrome occurs when median arcuate ligament pressures the root of the celiac artery and generally it reveals itself with the post-prandial pain. Because of the pressure there will be a significant tightness especially while expirium. Mesenteric ischaemia and low blood flow to gastro-intestinal system occurs related to the tightness and because of these we see the characteristic clinical symptoms of the syndrome. We present the patient whom we diagnosed with multislicde computerized tomograpy.

Keywords: Median arcuaet ligament, celiac artery, multisliced computerized tomograpy