What is the normal diameter of the left gastric artery?
Average 3 mm [0.38 +/- 0.03 cm].
Median arcuate ligament thickened (6.2 mm) on right side, displacing coeliac trunk towards left + right renal artery forward.
Left gastric artery arises directly from abdominal aorta abutting right surface of coeliac trunk.
Root of left gastric artery is compressed (diameter 1 mm) by thickened median arcuate ligament. Rest of the artery demonstrates normal diameter (average 3 mm).