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Review
. 2016;75(1):125-129.
doi: 10.5603/FM.a2015.0070. Epub 2015 Sep 14.

Uncommon branching pattern of the hepatic arteries in a living donor: a case report and brief literature review

M Morawski  1 , R Stankiewicz, B Ciszek, R Pacho, W Patkowski, M Krawczyk
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Review

Uncommon branching pattern of the hepatic arteries in a living donor: a case report and brief literature review

M Morawski et al. Folia Morphol (Warsz). 2016.

Abstract

Numerous variations of the hepatic arteries are common in surgical patients. We present a 35-year-old woman who was admitted to our department in order to assess possibility of becoming living donor. Preoperative computed tomography scan revealed anomalous branching pattern of the hepatic arteries. In this case right posterior sectoral artery has been given off by the greater pancreatic artery, left hepatic artery has been replaced by the artery arising from the left gastric artery and double segment 4 branches have been observed. To the best of our knowledge, this pattern has not been described in the literature, yet.

Keywords: hepatic artery; living donor liver transplantation; multidetector computed tomography angiography; variations.

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