A female patient with giant cell vasculitis of the abdominal aorta and its branches and strongly suspected of having extrapulmonary tuberculosis is presented. The diagnoses were based on the clinical picture, laboratory findings, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. MRI is highly useful in cases where echosonography and/or vascular biopsy for histopathological analyses are not possibl...

For a 75 year-old man with extensive aortic aneurysm, who had undergone a previous infra-renal abdominal Y-graft, a staged replacement of remaining segments was performed. A hybrid procedure of open-laparotomy debranching of visceral branches and endovascular stentgraft insertion in the thoracoabdominal aorta was performed first, followed by subsequent direct replacement between the proximal as...

We present two cases of patients with celiomesenteric trunk in whom the celiac trunk and the superior mesenteric artery arise off a common vessel from the ventral part of the aorta, which was demonstrated by multi-detector (16 slices) computed tomography angiography (MDCTA) and confirmed by digital subtraction angiography (DSA). This is a very rare congenital vascular anomaly and its imaging de...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to evaluate early and mid-term results of surgical repair of isolated iliac artery aneurysm (IAA) in patients with non aneurysmal abdominal aorta. METHODS From January 1996 to December 2006, 34 patients with IAA had elective surgery. In 32 cases open repair was performed. Two patients had endovascular repair using a tube endoprosthesis and internal iliac ar...

The anatomical variations of the abdominal arteries are important due to its clinical significance. Various types of vascular anomalies are frequently found in human abdominal viscera, during cadaveric dissection and diagnostic radiological imaging. The present report describes a variation in the celiac trunk as found during routine dissection in a 59-year-old male cadaver. The celiac trunk (CT...

We report on an extremely rare case of multiple absences of the branches of abdominal aorta with congenital absence of the portal vein, unilateral adrenal agenesis and persistent ductus arteriosus in an adult female cadaver. Specifically, instead of celiac trunk, superior and inferior mesenteric arteries, solely a single arterial trunk aroused from the anterior aspect of abdominal aorta, inferi...

Introduction The celiac trunk is the artery of the foregut and normally arises from the abdominal aorta at the level of T12 vertebra. It is about 1-2 cm long and divides into common hepatic; left gastric and splenic arteries. The right and left inferior phrenic arteries normally are lateral branches of abdominal aorta immediately below the aortic hiatus in the diaphragm [1]. There are many vari...

branches of the abdominal aorta. A single renal artery supplies each kidney in most individuals. The renal arteries typically arise just below the origin site of the superior mesenteric artery and they travel laterally behind the renal veins (1, 2). Among the various types of renal artery anomalies, the most clinically important variation is the accessory renal artery. Accessory renal arteries ...