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Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS)

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@elle1233

Very interesting, Ingegerd, TY for replying. How did your doctor come to suspect or find the MALS? I read on one website that it can be seen on a CT scan.

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Ingegerd Enscoe, Alumni Mentor | @astaingegerdm | Sep 1, 2019

It originally was found on on Doppler ultrasound of abdomen, but was considered a false positive because on CT and MRI blood flow appeared normal. Four years later my internist referred me to another university medical center for a second opinion. There I had a CT angiogram that clearly showed the compression of the celiac artery. It has to be an angiogram for diagnosis- not a regular CT with contrast.
Happy ending! Almost..

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