A common celiacomesenteric trunk, and a brief review of the literature.
The authors report a rare variation, a common celiacomesenteric trunk, which was observed during routine dissection of an 89-year-old Japanese female cadaver in the laboratory of the Anatomy Department. The trunk gave rise to left gastric, common hepatic, splenic and superior mesenteric arteries. The developmental significance of this variation is discussed with a brief review of the literature.
Yi
Shuang-Qin
SQ
Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku 6-1-1, Shinjuku-ku, 160-8402 Tokyo, Japan. yixim@tokyo-med.ac.jp
Terayama
Hayato
H
Naito
Munekazu
M
Hayashi
Shogo
S
Moriyama
Hiroshi
H
Tsuchida
Akihiko
A
Itoh
Masahiro
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002102:Cadaver; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D004210:Dissection; D006801:Humans; D008022:Ligaments / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000196:embryology