A 61-year-old Japanese female was referred to our hospital for surgical treatment of a localized heavily calcified abdominal aorta. Preoperative angiograms and computed tomograms revealed severe stenosis of the aorta, resembling a slit. Bypass grafting between the thoracic and abdominal aorta was successfully performed together with the reconstruction of the celiac artery, superior mesenteric a...

The pine marten (Martes martes) is a medium sized carnivore rarely found in Iran. The aim of this study was to describe species-specific characteristics of the celiac artery in pine marten. In pine marten examined in this study, it was observed that the celiac artery originated from the ventral aspect of abdominal aorta. The celiac artery was divided into two branches. A thick branch was the co...

Although anatomical properties and vessel variations of the celiac trunk are well explored in the literature, there is not so much information on the arterial diameters, and this data is important for surgical procedures and angiographic examinations. The aim of this study was to investigate properties of the celiac trunk in humans by using anatomical dissection. Ninety cadavers were dissected ...

Mesenteric ischemic symptoms appear only when two of the three major splanchnic arteries from the abdominal aorta are involved. Recently, we encountered a case of chronic mesenteric ischemia in a 50-year-old female patient caused by atherosclerotic obstruction of the celiac trunk and superior mesenteric artery. She was treated with a retrograde bypass graft from the right common iliac artery to...

OBJECTIVE Knowing the origin of the inferior phrenic artery (IPA) is important prior to surgical interventions and interventional radiological procedures related to IPA. We aimed to identify variations in the origin of IPA and to investigate the relationship between the origin of IPA and celiac axis variations using computed tomography angiography (CTA). MATERIALS AND METHODS The CTA images o...

Introduction Information regarding anatomical variations in the branching pattern of great vessels of the abdomen, including abdominal aorta, celiac trunk, mesenteric and renal arteries is imperative for planning surgical procedures and interpreting interventional radiological imaging. In fact, liver and kidney transplantations and oncologic resections require major vessels ligation. Background...

Multiple anomalies in the celiac arterial system presents as rare vascular malformations, depicting deviations of the normal vascular developmental pattern. We found a common left gastro-phrenic trunk and a hepato-spleno-mesenteric trunk arising separately from the abdominal aorta in one cadaver. We also found a common hepatic artery and a gastro-splenic trunk arising individually from the abdo...

A 65-year-old male with four-channel aortic dissection successfully underwent replacement of the thoracoabdominal aorta, reconstruction of the celiac, superior mesenteric artery, renal arteries, and 5 pairs of intercostals or lumbar arteries using deep hypothermic technique.

BACKGROUND Great variability in the vasculature of the abdominal organs makes the pre-operative evaluation of arterial anatomical conditions extremely important and helpful. The aim of our study was to establish the prevalence of anatomical variations of the arteries branching from the abdominal aorta and to compare the results with the ones presented in the literature. MATERIAL/METHODS The m...

An association of pancreatic cancer and median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is a rare and challenging situation in terms of treatment. A 60-year-old man diagnosed with pancreatic cancer underwent laparotomy. A pancreaticoduodenectomy was planned, but during the resection part of the operation, a celiac artery stenosis was noticed. The patient was diagnosed with MALS causing almost total cel...