The diagnosis of MALS is one of exclusion, as many healthy patients demonstrate some degree of celiac artery compression in the absence of symptoms.
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Thus it cannot be safely ligated in a living person, and obstruction of the celiac artery will lead to necrosis of the structures it supplies.
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The celiac artery is an essential source of blood, since the interconnections with the other major arteries of the gut are not sufficient to sustain adequate perfusion.
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Another hypothesizes that there is compression not only of the celiac artery but also of the celiac ganglia, and that pain results from compression of the latter.
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The hook-shaped contour of the celiac artery is characteristic of the anatomy in MALS and helps distinguish it from other causes of celiac artery stenosis such as atherosclerosis.
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The hook-shaped contour of the celiac artery is characteristic of the anatomy in MALS and helps distinguish it from other causes of celiac artery stenosis such as atherosclerosis.
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A laparoscopic approach may also be used to achieve celiac artery decompression; however, should the celiac artery require revascularization, the procedure would require conversion to an open approach.
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A laparoscopic approach may also be used to achieve celiac artery decompression; however, should the celiac artery require revascularization, the procedure would require conversion to an open approach.
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The celiac artery supplies the liver, stomach, spleen and the upper 1 / 3 of the duodenum ( to the sphincter of Oddi ) and the pancreas with oxygenated blood.
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They may arise separately from the front of the aorta, immediately above the celiac artery, or by a common trunk, which may spring either from the aorta or from the celiac artery.
