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Imaging of retroperitoneal haemorrhage revealing median arcuate ligament syndrome


Younes El Hassani
Meriem Haloua
Badreeddine Alami
Meryem Boubbou
Mustapha Maaroufi
Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani

Abstract

Coeliac artery compression stenosis caused by the median arcuate ligament can lead to aneurysm formation in the pancreatico-duodenal arteries that can eventually result in a spontaneous rupture leading to retroperitoneal haemorrhage. In this case series, we describe the cases of three patients, all presenting with sudden epigastric pain, diagnosed as spontaneous haematoma, complicating a median arcuate ligament syndrome.


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