Abdominal Pain Associated With Anorexia Nervosa and Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome: A Rare Condition Shadowed by a Postoperative Conversion Disorder. (August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fox, Charles J.; Morton, Alex; Watters, Ashlie; Mehler, Philip S.
• Is Part Of: Vascular & endovascular surgery. Volume 54:Number 6(2020)
• Page Start: 528
• Page End: 531
• Publication Date: 2020-08
• Subjects: anorexia -- median arcuate ligament syndrome -- celiac -- decompression -- conversion; Blood-vessels -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Blood-vessels -- Endoscopic surgery -- Periodicals; Vascular Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Angioplasty -- Periodicals; Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive -- Periodicals; Vascular Diseases -- surgery -- Periodicals; Vaisseaux sanguins -- Chirurgie -- Périodiques; Vaisseaux sanguins -- Chirurgie endoscopique -- Périodiques; 617.41
• DOI: 10.1177/1538574420927533
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1538-5744

Abstract

Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is an often discounted and vexing condition that may go unnoticed in a population of patients with complex comorbid conditions or those with poor psychiatric health. We report a unique case of a patient with anorexia nervosa in whom the successful operation for MALS was briefly complicated by a postoperative conversion disorder.