Hepatomesenteric trunk.
An hepatomesenteric trunk, formed by the common hepatic and superior mesenteric arteries, was found in a 50-year-old male cadaver. The left gastric and splenic arteries arose as a common trunk, the gastrosplenic trunk, from the abdominal aorta; no typical celiac trunk was present. In addition, the hepatomesenteric trunk passed posterior to the portal vein. A knowledge of variations of the common hepatic artery may be important in pancreaticoduodenectomy, as well as during hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy.
Kahraman
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Department of Anatomy, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Tr-34303 Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
Marur
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Tanyeli
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Yildirim
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D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply