Embolization of the replaced common hepatic artery before surgery for pancreatic head cancer: report of a case.
We report the case of a patient with pancreatic head cancer, whose replaced common hepatic artery (RCHA) arose from the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). We performed preoperative embolization of the RCHA, after which the liver blood flow was well maintained by the left gastric artery. The patient underwent a radical operation involving en bloc resection of the RCHA without any serious complications.
Miyamoto
Noriyuki
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Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, N 15, W 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
Kodama
Yoshihisa
Y
Endo
Hideho
H
Shimizu
Tadashi
T
Miyasaka
Kazuo
K
Tanaka
Eiichi
E
Anbo
Yoshiyasu
Y
Hirano
Satoshi
S
Kondo
Satoshi
S
Katoh
Hiroyuki
H
D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply