Interportal communicating branch at the hepatic bifurcation--report of two cases.
An interportal communicating branch was found at the hepatic bifurcation in two (2.4%) out of 83 hepatectomized cases of carcinoma of the biliary tract. The first case was a 54-year-old male with intrahepatic bile duct cancer, and the second was a 64-year-old female with gallbladder cancer. No other anatomical anomalies were found in the portal vein, hepatic artery, or biliary tract.
Sato
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T
First Department of Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Nimura
Y
Y
Kamiya
J
J
Maeda
S
S
Okamoto
K
K
Uematsu
T
T
Shionoya
S
S
D002759:Adenoma, Bile Duct / Q000601:surgery; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*