Anatomical variations of the celiac trunk and its branches are particularly important from a surgical perspective due to their relationships with surrounding structures. We report here a particularly rare variant involving absence of the celiac trunk in association with trifurcation of the common hepatic artery. These variations were found in an adult male cadaver. We perform a review of the li...

BACKGROUND/AIM Compression of celiac artery by median arcuate ligament (MAL) may cause abdominal symptoms. This study looked at the prevalence of this finding in asymptomatic persons. METHODS Abdominal angiograms of 155 healthy asymptomatic voluntary kidney donors aged 18-65 years, done as part of the standard pretransplant work up, were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS Celiac axis compres...

celiac artery aneurysm is a rare visceral aneurysm, comparising only 4 % of them. in this article, an innovative surgical method is presented for the treatment o f such aneurysms. a 53 year old female referred to our center with epigastric pain and a mass in the region, which was diagnosed as a case of celiac artery aneurysm by using different imaging techniques. during the operation, according...

OBJECTIVE Knowing the origin of the inferior phrenic artery (IPA) is important prior to surgical interventions and interventional radiological procedures related to IPA. We aimed to identify variations in the origin of IPA and to investigate the relationship between the origin of IPA and celiac axis variations using computed tomography angiography (CTA). MATERIALS AND METHODS The CTA images o...

We present the contrast-enhanced spiral CT findings in a case of acute celiac artery occlusion with gastric perforation and total splenic infarction. Spiral CT depicted thrombus in the celiac axis and its branches, stenosis of the superior mesenteric artery, splenic infarction and lack of enhancement of the gastric wall with a large necrotic gap. Spiral CT enabled prompt diagnosis and therapy i...

In locally advanced pancreatic body cancers, cancer infiltrates major vessels such as the celiac axis, common hepatic artery and superior mesenteric artery or vein, which is the borderline of resectability. Patients also suffer severe abdominal pain. Kondo and Hirano et al. developed a radical operation called "distal pancreatectomy with en bloc celiac resection (DP-CAR)" for such cases. We app...

The origin and the ramification of the celiac trunk and its branches are commonly as follows. The celiac trunk has the three branches; the common hepatic, the splenic and the left gastric artery. The common hepatic artery divides into the gastroduodenal and the proper hepatic artery which has the right hepatic, the left hepatic and the cystic artery. Although variations in the ramification of t...

Celiac neurolysis is an effective adjunct for managing refractory pancreatic cancer pain. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) offers several potential technical advantages over the traditional percutaneous technique [1]. We report the first case of paraplegia following EUS celiac neurolysis. A 76-year-old man underwent EUS celiac neurolysis for refractory pain secondary to unresectable pancreatic cance...