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    <language>eng</language>
    <publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
    <journalTitle>American Journal of Medical Case Reports</journalTitle>
    <eissn>2374-216X</eissn>
    <publicationDate>2022-08-08</publicationDate>
    <volume>10</volume>
    <issue>8</issue>
    <startPage>188</startPage>
    <endPage>189</endPage>
    <doi>10.12691/ajmcr-10-8-2</doi>
    <publisherRecordId>AJMCR20221082</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">A Case Presentation of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome</title>
    <authors>
      <author>
        <name>Folake Ishola</name>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
        <affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Yaqub Nadeem Mohammed</name>
        <affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
      </author>
      <author>
        <name>Geetha Krishnamoorthy</name>
        <email>geetha.krishnamoorthy@stjoeshealth.org</email>
        <affiliationId>2</affiliationId>
      </author>
    </authors>
    <affiliationsList>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Internal Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Oakland (SJMO), Michigan, USA</affiliationName>
    </affiliationsList>
    <abstract language="eng">Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) is due to compression of the celiac axis by a fibrous arc shaped band of tissue connecting the right and left diaphragmatic crus. It is characterized by postprandial abdominal pain, weight loss, and intermittent abdominal bruit. Due to lack of specificity in clinical presentation, MALS is typically a diagnosis of exclusion and is low on the differential diagnosis for chronic abdominal pain. Here, we present a case of MALS in a young female.</abstract>
    <fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajmcr/10/8/2/ajmcr-10-8-2.pdf</fullTextUrl>
    <keywords language="eng">
      <keyword>Mesenteric ischemia</keyword>
      <keyword>dunbar syndrome</keyword>
      <keyword>harjola-marable syndrome</keyword>
      <keyword>celiac axis syndrome</keyword>
      <keyword>median arcuate ligament syndrome</keyword>
    </keywords>
  </record>
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