INTRODUCTION Hepatic artery thrombosis following orthotopic liver transplant is one of the most common reasons for early graft failure. Meticulous reconstitution of hepatic artery flow remains essential for good outcomes. Prior surgery, body habitus, hepatic artery inadequacy and anatomic differences can complicate hepatic artery revascularization. CASE PRESENTATION We report a single institu...

The celiac trunk is the first major branch of abdominal aorta. It originates from ventral aspect aorta at level T12–L1 vertebrae and was originally described as an artery that branches into common hepatic artery, left gastric splenic artery. Absence origin three arteries separately a rare entity reported in 0.38% to 2.6% cases. even more uncommon this variation can be accompanied by other vascu...

In a stdudenet course of gross anatomy dissection at Kanagawa Dental College in 2006, we found an extremely rare case of the hepatic artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery of a 78-year-old Japanese male cadaver. This case belonged to type V in Adachi's classification of the celiac trunk and the superior mesenteric artery (1928). The gastro-splenic trunk and hepato-mesenteric trunk b...