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Median arcuate ligament syndrome in athletes
Surgical Endoscopy, 2016Exercise-related transient abdominal pain (ETAP) is a common entity in young athletes. Most occurrences are due to a "cramp" or "stitch," but an uncommon, and often overlooked, etiology of ETAP is median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS). The initial presentation of MALS typically includes postprandial nausea, bloating, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, but
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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome
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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome
Archives of Surgery, 1969Although the existence of abdominal angina as a clinical entity distinct from angina pectoris was proposed in the early 1900's,1it was not generally accepted even as late as 1931 that intraabdominal pain of vascular origin could occur in the absence of gangrene or peritonitis.2In 1936, Dunphy3reported seven patients in whom recurrent attacks of ...
J P, Carey, E A, Stemmer, J E, Connolly
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Median arcuate ligament syndrome
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2008Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) can cause a range of symptoms, including abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. Because all patients have some degree of celiac artery compression by the median arcuate ligament (MAL), it may be difficult to discern which patients have a pathologic compression.
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Anaesthetic management of median arcuate ligament syndrome
Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación (English Edition), 2018Median arcuate ligament syndrome, also known as celiac artery compression syndrome, is a rare and unusual clinical disorder. Its symptoms are non-specific, which complicates its diagnosis, and a multidisciplinary approach is required to treat the disorder. The ligament is circumferentially cleared by laparoscopy.
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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome Is Not a Vascular Disease
Annals of Vascular Surgery, 2016Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is a rare disorder characterized by postprandial abdominal pain, weight loss, and celiac stenosis. Diagnosis can be challenging, leading to a delay in treatment. We report on our continued experience using a laparoscopic approach for this uncommon diagnosis.This is an Institutional Review Board-approved ...
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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome: A Case Report
Journal for Vascular Ultrasound, 2004Introduction Median arcuate ligament syndrome is a form of nonatherosclerotic visceral ischemia caused by the extrinsic compression of the celiac axis (CA) by the median arcuate ligament. The significance of this finding is controversial, with only 40% of stenoses being symptomatic.
Butcher, Y.M., Walker, P. J.
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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome Related to Bodybuilding
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, 2019Background: Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS), also known as celiac artery compression syndrome, is characterized by postprandial abdominal pain and weight loss thought to be secondary to compression of the celiac artery ganglia by the median arcuate ligament (MAL). Methods: A
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Laparoscopic management of the median arcuate ligament syndrome
ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2012AbstractBackground: The median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is an infrequent cause of abdominal pain. This diagnosis is made after exclusion of other more common causes of upper abdominal symptoms. Mesenteric duplex and a computerized tomography mesenteric angiography demonstrate dynamic compression of the coeliac axis during expiration.Methods ...
Tam, Nguyen +5 more
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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome
American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012Felicia Humphrey +4 more
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