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. 1970 Feb 7;1(5692):342-5.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.1.5692.342.

Experience with coeliac axis compression syndrome

A J Edwards, J D Hamilton, W D Nichol, G W Taylor, A M Dawson

Experience with coeliac axis compression syndrome

A J Edwards et al. Br Med J. .

Abstract

Seven patients with "coeliac axis compression syndrome" are reported. Five were treated surgically, but only two did well. A survey of 200 healthy adults showed epigastric bruits in 6.5%; only one of these had dyspepsia, though dyspepsia was present in 12.5% overall.Caution is urged in attributing a causal relationship between coeliac axis compression and pain and in proceeding to arteriography when compression is suspected on clinical grounds.

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