title: Embolization of the replaced common hepatic artery before surgery for pancreatic head cancer: report of a case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, N 15, W 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Hideho
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyasaka
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yoshiyasu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Anbo
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katoh
mesh_terms: 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