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Vascular anomalies of first and second unpaired branches of the abdominal aorta: A case study
Author(s) -
Lewis S. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980070407
Subject(s) - medicine , trunk , superior mesenteric artery , left gastric artery , anatomy , splenic artery , diaphragm (acoustics) , abdominal aorta , aorta , artery , celiac artery , cardiology , radiology , ecology , physics , biology , acoustics , loudspeaker
A description is given of anomalies in the first two unpaired midline branches of the abdominal aorta. The celiac trunk was unusually long. It gave a small branch which passed to the left crus of the diaphragm. This branch also gave the left superior suprarenal artery. The main trunk of the celiac trunk ended in a T‐shaped bifurcation; one limb of the T was the right gastric artery and the other gave off the hepatic artery proper and continued as the gastrorduodenal and pancreatico‐duodenal system, as usual. No left gastric artery was found. Of special note is the particularly rare anomalous origin of the splenic artery from the superior mesenteric artery. The vessels involved in this anomalous system were measured. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.