Celiac artery compression syndrome (CACS) as a cause of abdominal bruit

Laparoscopic Management of Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome (Dunbar Syndrome): Our Experience of 6 Cases

“…An abdominal bruit is reported to be present in many| patients with MAL syndrome. Sunkara T et al 9 and Watari T et al 10 and many other authors have reported presence of bruit in patients with MAL syndrome whereas bruit was absent in patients reported by Kuruvilla A et al 11 The diagnosis of MAL can be suspected in young patients particularly females presenting with post-prandial abdominal pain, vomiting and weight loss. Abdominal Bruit may or may not be present.…”

Intermittent Severe Epigastric Pain and Abdominal Bruit Varying With Respiration

“…Symptoms of CACS are often vague and nonspecific, including intermittent epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, tachycardia, weight loss, and poor appetite. 2 These symptoms are sometimes confused with other disorders, such as chronic intestinal infection, gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatal hernia, biliary dyskinesia, irritable bowel syndrome, and psychogenic pain, and hence, they are often overlooked. Multiple imaging techniques, including Doppler ultrasound examination, selective catheter angiography, computed tomography angiography, and magnetic resonance angiography, may aid in definitive diagnosis of CACS.…”