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Case Reports
. 2014 Apr;8(4):AD03-4.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/8393.4234. Epub 2014 Apr 15.

An unusual branch of celiac trunk feeding suprarenal gland - a case report

Munmun Sarkar  1 , Pranab Mukherjee  2 , Hironmoy Roy  3 , Sandip Kumar Sengupta  4 , Amarendra Nath Sarkar  5
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Case Reports

An unusual branch of celiac trunk feeding suprarenal gland - a case report

Munmun Sarkar et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

During routine dissection, variation in branching pattern of coeliac trunk has been observed in adult 54-year-old male cadaver. Instead of normal three branches an additional branch i.e., Left inferior phrenic artery originated from it as fourth branch. Then it divided into two branches, one directly supplied the diaphragm and other branch divided into three sub-branches. First and second branch entered into the left suprarenal gland at its upper and middle pole and third one finally terminated by supplying to the diaphragm. There is no separate middle suprarenal artery on the left side, but inferior suprarenal artery was as usual. No variations have been found on right side in the lateral branches of abdominal aorta. Such a quadrifurcation of celiac trunk to supply suprarenal gland is quiet unique so far searched in literature.

Keywords: Inferior Phrenic artery; Suprarenal Artery.

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[Table/Fig-1]:
[Table/Fig-1]:
Showing four branches of celiac trunk CHA-common hepatic artery, SA-Splenic artery, LGA-Left gastric artery, L.I.P.A-Left inferior phrenic artery (right turned arrow), C.T-Coeliac trunk (upward arrow), A.A-Abdominal aorta
[Table/Fig-2]:
[Table/Fig-2]:
Splanic artery and common hepatic artery has been turned into right to show the branching pattern of left inferior phrenic artery and its branches 1 and 2-Suprarenal branches, 3-Phrenic branch
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