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Int J Angiol 1999; 8(3): 150-153
DOI: 10.1007/BF01616443
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Recurrent celiac artery compression syndrome

Spiros G. Frangos, Georg Steinthorsson, Bauer Sumpio
  • Section of Vascular Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, FMB 137, New Haven, CT 06520
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24 April 2011 (online)

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Abstract

The celiac artery compression syndrome (CACS) is an infrequently described clinical condition with poorly defined diagnostic criteria and an obscure pathophysiology. It is usually associated with an extrinsic compression upon the celiac axis near its takeoff from the aorta by fibrous diaphragmatic bands or sympathetic neural fibers. We present a patient with CACS who suffered a recurrence of her original abdominal complaints.

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