Ayhan BALKAN, Samet ALKAN, Abdullah Emre YILDIRIM, Buğra Tolga KONDUK, Ramazan Erdem ER, Murat Taner GÜLŞEN

KRONİK KARIN KAĞRISININ NADİR BİR NEDENİ: MEDİAN ARKUAT LİGAMENT SENDROMU A Rare Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain: Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome

ÖZETMedian arkuat ligament sendromu, median arkuat ligamentin çölyak arter köküne basısı sonucuoluşur. Çölyak arter kökünde basıya sekonder gelişen darlık gastrointestinal sistem kan akımındaazalmaya neden olur. Sendrom kendini genelikle postprandial ağrı ile belli eder ve özelikle ekspiryumdadaha belirgin ağrı oluşur. Burada kronik karın ağısı ile tetkik edilip median arkuat ligamentsendromu tanısı konulan ve cerrahi tedaviyle düzelme sağlanmayıp çölyak arter stentleme ile tamamenasemptomatik hale gelen genç bir erkek hasta sunulacaktır.Anahtar Kelimeler: Kronik karın ağrısı; Çölyak arter; Median arkuat ligamentABSTRACTMedian arcuate ligament syndrome occurs when median arcuate ligament pressures the root ofthe celiac artery. The root secondry to compression of the celiac artery stenosis causes decreasedblood flow to the gastrointestinal tract. Generally it reveals itself with the post-prandial pain andpain increases with expirium. We present a young male patient with median arcuate ligamentsyndrome whom no improvement is achieved with surgical treatment and recovered with celiacartery stenting.Keywords: Chronic abdominal pain; Celiac artery; Median arcuate ligament

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KRONİK KARIN KAĞRISININ NADİR BİR NEDENİ: MEDİAN ARKUAT LİGAMENT SENDROMU A Rare Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain: Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome

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