title: A common celiacomesenteric trunk, and a brief review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku 6-1-1, Shinjuku-ku, 160-8402 Tokyo, Japan. yixim@tokyo-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shuang-Qin
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Hayato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Terayama
authors.forename: Munekazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: 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