A rare variation of the coeliac trunk

Cicekcibasi A., Uysal I., Seker M., Tuncer I., Buyukmumcu M., Salbacak A.

ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER, vol.187, no.4, pp.387-391, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 187 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.aanat.2005.02.011
  • Journal Name: ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.387-391
  • Keywords: coeliac trunk, superior mesenteric artery, coeliacomesenteric trunk, variation, SUPERIOR MESENTERIC-ARTERY, CELIOMESENTERIC TRUNK, ANEURYSM, STENOSIS, ABSENCE
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The hepatic, splenic and left gastric arteries are considered as the "main classic branches" of the coeliac trunk. During the routine dissections in the laboratory of the Anatomy Department in a 62-year-old mate cadaver, a rare variation, a coeliacomesenteric trunk was observed. This trunk gave rise to the left gastric, the common hepatic, the splenic, the left gastro-epiploic, the right and Left inferior phrenic arteries. The developmental and clinical significance of this anomalous vessel is discussed. (c) 2005 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.