Hepatomesenteric trunk

• DOI: 10.1007/s00276-001-0433-z
• Publication Date: 2005-07-06T09:13:08Z
• Authors: G. Kahraman; T. Marur; E. Tanyeli; M. Yildirim
• Keywords: Male; 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; Hepatic Artery; Mesenteric Artery, Superior; Stomach; Humans; Arteries; Middle Aged; Spleen

An hepatomesenteric trunk, formed by the common hepatic and superior mesenteric arteries, was found in a 50-year-old male cadaver. The left gastric and splenic arteries arose as a common trunk, the gastrosplenic trunk, from the abdominal aorta; no typical celiac trunk was present. In addition, the hepatomesenteric trunk passed posterior to the portal vein. A knowledge of variations of the common hepatic artery may be important in pancreaticoduodenectomy, as well as during hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy.