title: Common hepatic artery arising from the left gastric artery: a rare anatomic variation identified on a cadaveric liver donor.
abstract: Anatomical variations of the arterial supply of the liver are not uncommon. The typical normal "textbook" anatomy of the hepatic artery is found only in approximately half of the cases. Some of the variations such as the presence of a right or left hepatic branch are more common, but other ones are extremely rare. We describe here a rare case in which the common hepatic artery arose from the left gastric artery, found during a cadaveric liver donor harvesting and confirmed with imaging studies. Cases like this one highlight the importance of knowing the hepatic arterial anatomy and the possibility of its numerous variations by the transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon.
authors.affiliation: Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1104, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Uva
authors.forename: Antonios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arvelakis
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Laiz
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lerner
authors.forename: Sukru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Emre
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gondolesi
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply