title: Preoperative identification of anomalous arterial anatomy at pancreaticoduodenectomy.
abstract: The understanding of abdominal vascular anatomy and its anatomical variations is of considerable importance in upper abdominal surgery. We present the rare finding of a common hepatic artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery and passing anterior to the pancreatic gland in a patient undergoing a pancreaticoduodenectomy.
authors.affiliation: University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Randhawa
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*; D059351:Organ Sparing Treatments; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed