Isolated visceral arteriopathies of the celiac and hepatic artery are rare. We present a case of a Caucasian man who presented with abdominal pain and was found to have a spontaneous celiac artery dissection. Genetic analysis revealed a mutation consistent with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV. The patient died 2 months later from a spontaneous rupture of his hepatic artery.

INTRODUCTION The variations in the morphological characteristics of the extra-hepatic biliary system are interesting. CASE PRESENTATION During the dissection of cadavers to study the morphological characteristics of the extra-hepatic biliary system, a 46-year-old male cadaver was found to have drainage of the common hepatic duct drains directly into the gall bladder neck. The right and left h...

Rare vascular anomalies were observed postmortem in a Japanese female (60-yearold). 1) The common hepatic artery arose from the superior mesenteric artery, ascended on the anterior surface of the pancreas, where the right gastro-epiploic and right gastric arteries branched, and continued as a normally-positioned proper hepatic artery. 2) Superior to the inferior phrenic arteries and along the c...

Hepatic artery aneurysm was firstly described at autopsy in 1809. It can present as a duodenal submucosal lesion caused by extra-luminal compression. Most cases of common hepatic artery aneurysms with external compression of duodenum are asymptomatic until rupture with intestinal hemorrhage. Such cases had been reported with poor prognosis if diagnosis and treatment were delayed. Hence, the man...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have combined anastomotic, catheter-induced, and atherosclerotic isolated femoral artery aneurysms (FAAs) to achieve adequate numbers for analysis and have recommended repair of asymptomatic FAAs with diameters ≥2.5 cm and all symptomatic FAAs. This study evaluated the contemporary management of isolated FAAs. METHODS Patients with FAAs were evaluated using a stand...

AIM To analyze the association of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms (MTHFR-677 and MTHFR-1298) with occlusive artery disease and deep venous thrombosis in Macedonians. METHODS We examined 83 healthy respondents, 76 patients with occlusive artery disease, and 67 patients with deep venous thrombosis. Blood samples were collected and DNA was isolated from peripheral blood leukocy...