Presentation
Acute lower abdominal pain
Patient Data
Tight ostial stenosis is seen at the celiac trunk ostium with the fibrous band making up the median arcuate ligament seen clearly compressing it from above. The artery and its branches showed, apart from some atherosclerotic changes, good distal opacification and caliber.
Case Discussion
Incidentally discovered celiac trunk compression by the median arcuate ligament causing tight ostial stenosis. The patient however turned out to have acute appendicitis which was the cause for her acute onset abdominal pain and presentation. The celiac compression seems rather asymptomatic. The median arcuate ligament is a fibrous ligament crossing the aorta to connect the 2 diaphragmatic crurea.