title: An anomalous case of the hepatic artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery.
abstract: In a stdudenet course of gross anatomy dissection at Kanagawa Dental College in 2006, we found an extremely rare case of the hepatic artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery of a 78-year-old Japanese male cadaver. This case belonged to type V in Adachi's classification of the celiac trunk and the superior mesenteric artery (1928). The gastro-splenic trunk and hepato-mesenteric trunk both arose from the abdominal aorta and the left gastric artery arose from the gastro-splenic trunk. The hepatic artery arose from the hepato-mesenteric trunk and crossed the portal vein anteriorly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Kanagawa Dental College, 82 Inaoka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 238-8580, Japan.
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iimura
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oguchi
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: Tsuneo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology