[Anatomical study on the branches of the celiac trunk (IV). Comparison of the findings with Adachi's classification]

Abstract

The authors studied the mode of branching of the celiac trunk in 184 Japanese cadavers during dissecting practice at Gifu University from 1985 to 1988. The findings were as follows; 1) One hundred and sixty-six of the 184 cases belonged to Type I of Adachi's classification of variation in the arrangement of the branches of the celiac trunk. One hundred and twenty-nine cases belonged to Group 1, one case to Group 2, 10 cases to Group 3, 9 cases to Group 4, one case to Group 6, 2 cases to Group 7, 8 cases to Group 8 and 4 cases to Group 11. Two cases did not belong to any group. One of them had an anastomosis between the hepatic artery and the superior mesenteric artery. The other one had the middle colic artery arising from the hepatic artery. 2) Seven cases belonged to Type II, Group 12. 3) Two cases belonged to Type III. One belonged to Group 18. The other one had an accessory right hepatic artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery. 4) One case belonged to Type IV, Group 20. 5) Three cases belonged to Type V, Group 23. 6) Two cases belonged to Type VI. One case had a gastrolienal trunk and an accessory right hepatic artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery. The other one had a gastrolienal trunk and an accessory right hepatic artery arising from the gastrolienal trunk. 7) Of the 184 cases, three could not be classified according to Adachi. Two cases had a gastrolienal trunk and the hepatic artery arising from the abdominal aorta. One case had a lienomesenteric trunk and a gastrohepatic trunk.