Absence of the celiac trunk: Case report using MDCT angiography

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 959-963

  Matusz, Petru ^a   Miclaus, Gratian D ^b   Ples, Horia ^a,b   R Shane Tubbs, ^c   Loukas, Marios ^d  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Neuromed Diagnostic Imaging Centre   (Romania)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Celiac trunk; Common hepatic artery; Left gastric artery; Splenic artery; Variations

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC ARTERY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CELIAC ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84872356782     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-012-0989-9     Document Type: Article

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