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Abstract 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.
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Kahraman, G., Marur, T., Tanyeli, E. et al. Hepatomesenteric trunk. Surg Radiol Anat 23, 433–435 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-001-0433-z
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-001-0433-z