title: Multidetector computed tomography angiography of the celiac trunk and hepatic arterial system: normal anatomy and main variants.
abstract: Although digital angiography remains as the gold standard for imaging the celiac arterial trunk and hepatic arteries, multidetector computed tomography in association with digital images processing by software resources represents a useful tool particularly attractive for its non invasiveness. Knowledge of normal anatomy as well as of its variations is helpful in images interpretation and to address surgical planning on a case-by-case basis. The present essay illustrates several types of anatomical variations of celiac trunk, hepatic artery and its main branches, by means of digitally reconstructed computed tomography images, correlating their prevalence in the population with surgical implications.
authors.affiliation: PdD, Associate Professor II of Medical Radiology at Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Severino Aires
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Araujo Neto
authors.affiliation: PhD, Associate Professor IV of Medical Radiology at Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Fernando
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: de Mello Júnior
authors.affiliation: Graduate Students of Medicine at Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Henrique Almeida
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Franca
authors.affiliation: Graduate Students of Medicine at Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cláudia Martina Araújo
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: Graduate Students of Medicine at Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael Farias
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.affiliation: Graduate Students of Medicine at Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Guardiana Ximenes
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: de Magalhães
keywords: Anatomy; Celiac trunk; Hepatic artery; Multidetector computed tomography