title: Absence of the celiac trunk: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: The authors report a rare variation of the absence of the celiac trunk in a Japanese cadaver, with the left gastric, splenic, common hepatic, and superior mesenteric arteries arising independently from the abdominal aorta in the routine dissection of a 95-year-old Japanese male cadaver. The incidence and developmental and clinical significance of this variation is discussed with a detailed review of the literature. Knowledge of such case has important clinical significance in an abdominal operation or invasive arterial procedure, that is, Appleby procedure and liver transplantation, laparoscopic surgery, and radiological procedures in the upper abdomen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. yixim@med.kanazawa-u.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: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Sawuti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alimujang
authors.forename: Nozomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Shigenori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000002:abnormalities; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D002102:Cadaver; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000473:pathology