Volume : 6, Issue : 4, April - 2017

Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome complicated with Mesenteric Ischaemia : a case report

Samarasinghe S. U. D, Samarasinghe A. S, Chathuranga L. S, Perera J.

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; text-align: justify;">Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is a rare disease with compression of coeliac axis by fious attachment of diaphragmatic crus. It&rsquo;s a diagnosis by exclusion and generally presents with vague symptoms including postprandial abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss. Imaging of the vasculature helps in arriving at the diagnosis. Definitive treatment is by division of the compressing fies by open or laparoscopic approach. We present a patient who developed mesenteric ischemia following a coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and found to have median arcuate ligament syndrome.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>