Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report
Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report
CASE REPORT
Year : 2015  |  Volume : 7  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 12-13

A Rare cause of postprandial abdominal pain


Colorectal Division, James Paget University Hospital, Norfolk NR31 6LA, United Kingdom

Correspondence Address:
Kamal Aryal
Colorectal Division, James Paget University Hospital, Lowerstoft Road, Gorleston-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR31 6LA
United Kingdom
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DOI: 10.4103/2006-8808.184936

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A 49-year-old woman with medical history of polymyalgia rheumatica presented with 3 weeks history of epigastric pain worse after meal. Gallstones, peptic ulcer, bowel ischemia, bowel obstruction, gastroesophageal reflux disease, chest pathology, etc., were excluded from the study. Computerized tomography showed a short stenotic segment at coeliac trunk with poststenotic dilatation of 8 mm. Ultrasound scan showed peak velocity of 326 cm/s at the coeliac artery. Diagnosis of median arcuate ligament syndrome was made.


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