Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss in an Adolescent: Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome
Celiac artery compression syndrome is a rare cause of abdominal pain and weight loss, likely caused by compression of the celiac artery or plexus by the median arcuate ligament. A case of celiac artery compression syndrome in a 17-year-old male patient with severe postprandial pain and weight loss i...
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| description | Celiac artery compression syndrome is a rare cause of abdominal pain and weight loss, likely caused by compression of the celiac artery or plexus by the median arcuate ligament. A case of celiac artery compression syndrome in a 17-year-old male patient with severe postprandial pain and weight loss is described. Imaging techniques such as computed tomography, angiography and Doppler ultrasound identified the abnormality, which was corrected by laparoscopic surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f97fe0b4f9684541b5e844c71223b84a2025-02-03T01:23:50ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002010-01-01242919310.1155/2010/534654Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss in an Adolescent: Celiac Artery Compression SyndromeSarah Gander0Daniel J Mulder1Sarah Jones2John D Ricketts3Don A Soboleski4Christopher J Justinich5Department of Pediatrics, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Surgery, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaCeliac artery compression syndrome is a rare cause of abdominal pain and weight loss, likely caused by compression of the celiac artery or plexus by the median arcuate ligament. A case of celiac artery compression syndrome in a 17-year-old male patient with severe postprandial pain and weight loss is described. Imaging techniques such as computed tomography, angiography and Doppler ultrasound identified the abnormality, which was corrected by laparoscopic surgery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/534654 |
| spellingShingle | Sarah Gander Daniel J Mulder Sarah Jones John D Ricketts Don A Soboleski Christopher J Justinich Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss in an Adolescent: Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss in an Adolescent: Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome |
| title_full | Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss in an Adolescent: Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss in an Adolescent: Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss in an Adolescent: Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome |
| title_short | Recurrent Abdominal Pain and Weight Loss in an Adolescent: Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome |
| title_sort | recurrent abdominal pain and weight loss in an adolescent celiac artery compression syndrome |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/534654 |
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