Exercise-related transient abdominal pain secondary to median arcuate ligament syndrome: a case report

• Published in: Journal of sports sciences Vol. 34; no. 13; pp. 1246 - 1249
• Main Authors: Haskins, Ivy N, Harr, Jeffrey N, Brody, Fred
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis Ltd 02.07.2016
• Subjects: Abdomen; Abdominal Pain - etiology; Adolescent; Celiac Artery - abnormalities; Constriction, Pathologic - diagnosis; Exercise; Female; Hockey; Humans; Laparoscopy; Ligaments; Ligaments - surgery; Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome; Pain; Sports medicine; median arcuate ligament syndrome; stitch; Coeliac artery; exercise-related transient abdominal pain; pain

Exercise-related transient abdominal pain is a common entity in young athletes. An uncommon aetiology of this type of pain is median arcuate ligament syndrome. This article details an 18-year-old field hockey player who presented with a 1-year history of exercise-related transient abdominal pain. De...