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Splenic artery arising from hepatic artery proper in a patient with celiacomesenteric trunk: a rare anatomical variant

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We report an extremely rare case of splenic artery arising from hepatic artery proper in a patient with celiacomesenteric trunk variant. This anatomical variation was detected angiographically during hepatic mapping prior to transarterial radioembolization (TARE) for hepatocellular carcinoma in an 84-year-old man. TARE of hepatic tumors is one of the frequent procedures done by interventional radiologists. The identification of such rare vascular aberrations is of great importance not only in current interventional radiology procedures such as radioembolization but also in surgery and diagnostic radiology. To the best of our knowledge, this vascular variant is a novel discovery.

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  1. College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh, 11426, Saudi Arabia

    Jumanah Aljahani

  2. Interventional Radiology Fellow, Medical Imaging Department, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital (KASCH) and King AbdulAziz Medical City (KAMC), P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh, 11426, Saudi Arabia

    Aeed Alaklabi

  3. College of Medicine, Taibah University, P.O. Box 30001, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, 42353, Saudi Arabia

    Waleed Almalki

  4. Radiology Resident, Medical Imaging Department, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospital (KASCH) and King AbdulAziz Medical City (KAMC), P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh, 11426, Saudi Arabia

    Hana Alfaleh

  5. Consultant Interventional Radiologist, Medical Imaging Department, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, King Abdullah Specialist Children’s Hospial (KASCH) and King AbdulAziz Medical City (KAMC), P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh, 11426, Saudi Arabia

    Yousof Alzahrani

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JA: manuscript writing/editing. AA: manuscript editing and figure selection. WA: manuscript writing/editing. HA: case selection. YAZ: case selection, data collection, and manuscript revision.

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Aljahani, J., Alaklabi, A., Almalki, W. et al. Splenic artery arising from hepatic artery proper in a patient with celiacomesenteric trunk: a rare anatomical variant. Surg Radiol Anat 41, 1391–1394 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-019-02278-9

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