Manasa Reddy Vadhi

Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome as a Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain in an Adolescent: A Case Report

Varsha Kotte, Manasa Reddy Vadhi, Sana Tazeem, Shasanka Shekhar Panda & Annapurna Srirambhatla · Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery · 2026

Background: Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is a rare cause of chronic abdominal pain resulting from compression of the celiac artery by the median arcuate ligament. Diagnosis in children is often delayed because of non-specific symptoms and a low index of suspicion, owin...