Aberrant common hepatic artery from the left gastric artery and with no connection to the gastroduodenal artery: Risky vascular anomaly in gastrectomy

Keisuke Noda; Shinichiro Kobayashi; Mampei Yamashita; Takanori Hirayama; Koji Natsuda; Takayuki Tokunaga; Kosho Yamanouchi; Hiroaki Takeshita; Tamotsu Kuroki; Shigeto Maeda

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3679

Aberrant common hepatic artery from the left gastric artery and with no connection to the gastroduodenal artery: Risky vascular anomaly in gastrectomy

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Dec 16;9(2):1037-1038. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3679. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center Omura Japan.

Abstract

Knowledge of anatomical variations of the celiac axis is important in upper abdominal surgery. Aberrant common hepatic artery originating from the left gastric artery without connecting the gastroduodenal artery is extremely rare. Preoperative vascular anatomy assessment using reconstructions of CT images may be useful for safe surgical procedure.

Keywords: gastroenterology and hepatology; general surgery; oncology.