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Two cases of absence of the celiac trunk highlighted using MDCT angiography
Author(s) -
MATUSZ Petru,
MICLAUS Gratian,
IACOB Nicoleta,
PLES Horia
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.27.1_supplement.746.9
Subject(s) - medicine , trunk , radiology , splenic artery , left gastric artery , celiac artery , multidetector computed tomography , angiography , superior mesenteric artery , aorta , abdominal aorta , computed tomography , artery , anatomy , cardiology , ecology , biology
Usually the celiac trunk divides into three branches: left gastric artery, common hepatic artery, and splenic artery. The anatomical variations of the branching pattern are quite common. On a series of 1,500 cases examined by multidetector‐row computed tomography (MDCT) (64‐slice MDCT system; SOMATOM Sensation, Siemens Medical Solutions, Forchheim, Germany), we highlighted two cases of absence of the celiac trunk. The left gastric, splenic, and common hepatic arteries arising independently from the abdominal aorta. This anatomical variation of the unpaired branches of the abdominal aorta are due to developmental changes in the ventral segmental arteries. Knowledge of the anatomical variations of the celiac trunk is essential for clinical practice.