Absence of the celiac trunk: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 283-286

  Yi, Shuang Qin ^a,b   Terayama, Hayato ^a   Naito, Munekazu ^a   Hirai, Shuichi ^a   Alimujang, Sawuti ^a   Yi, Nozomi ^a   Tanaka, Shigenori ^b   Itoh, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Arterial variation; Celiac trunk; Superior mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPLEEN ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ARTERIES; CADAVER; CELIAC ARTERY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; SPLENIC ARTERY; STOMACH; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 43249084005     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20627     Document Type: Review

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