title: Hepato-gastric and spleno-mesenteric arterial trunks: anatomical variation report and review of literature.
abstract: The celiac trunk is one of the main arteries arising from abdominal aorta and supplies blood to several abdominal organs. The typical branching in left gastric, splenic and common hepatic arteries undergoes relatively frequent variations. The authors report a rare variation of the celiac trunk in a Caucasian cadaver, with a hepato-gastric and a spleno-mesenteric arterial trunks which arise from the abdominal aorta in a routine dissection of a 98-year-old male cadaver. Detailed knowledge of this kind of variations is important to plan and perform surgery in this district.
authors.forename: Giulia A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Mariani
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maroni
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Broccoli
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lazzarini
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marchegiani
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzotti
authors.forename: Maria Carla
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Mazzotti
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Billi
authors.forename: Gabriella Giuliani
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Piccari
authors.forename: Lucio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cocco
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manzoli
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D063405:Anatomic Variation; D002102:Cadaver; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013154:Spleen / Q000098:blood supply*; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*