TITLE:
Uncommon Ethiology in Abdominal Pain: Celiac Axis Compression Syndrome
AUTHORS:
Serife Degirmencioglu, Banu Boyuk, Hande Atalay, Muhammed Ates, Murat Altay, Aslan Celebi, Ismail Ekizoglu
KEYWORDS:
Abdominal Pain, Mesenteric Ischemia, Median Arcuate Ligament, Celiac Artery Compression
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Gastroenterology,
Vol.6 No.1,
January
15,
2016
ABSTRACT: Celiac axis compression syndrome, one of the reasons of mesenteric ischemia, is an extremely rare etiology of abdominal pain. Primary pathological mechanism is the external compression of the celiac trunk by median arcuate ligament. The diagnosis of this condition is usually difficult and depends on angiographic findings and computerized tomography (CT) evaluations. Here we report a celiac axis compression syndrome case, presenting with chronic abdominal pain and weight loss, which was successfully treated by surgery.