title: Visualization of the internal mammary artery via the hepatic falciform artery in a patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: The hepatic falciform artery is a small vessel that arises as a terminal branch of the middle or left hepatic artery. Its anatomy and clinical importance have been described in several recent reports. During dissection of a cadaver, this artery is generally found connected with the ensiform branch of the internal mammary artery. However, to our knowledge, anastomosis has not previously been described radiologically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima, Japan. yasutaka@m3.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hokotate
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D016461:Chemoembolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography