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Anatomical basis for celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery entrapment
Author(s) -
Paz Zvia,
Rak Yoel,
Rosen Ada
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980040404
Subject(s) - medicine , trunk , anatomy , cadaveric spasm , celiac artery , ligament , superior mesenteric artery , mesenteric arteries , celiac plexus , artery , surgery , ecology , biology
Forty‐six cadaveric specimens were dissected in order to study the anatomical relations between the median arcuate ligament (MAL), the celiac ganglion, and the origin of both the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries. We found that in 40 cases (87.5%) both vessels were held together by the ganglionic mass, and in 90.6%, the celiac trunk was covered, either partially or completely, by the MAL. These data indicated that this is a normal occurrence. In 10% of the cases both vessels were covered by the MAL. These anatomical findings may possibly contribute to the understanding of the socalled “median arcuate ligament syndrome.”