Surgical importance of variant hepatic blood vessels: a case report

This report describes a variation in blood vessels of the liver and abnormal entry of hepatic arteries into the liver found during routine dissection in an approximately 43-year-old male cadaver. An accessory hepatic artery arose from the superior mesenteric artery and entered the liver at the porta...

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Main Authors: Thejodhar Pulakunta, Bhagath Kumar Potu, Vasavi Rakesh Gorantla, Venkata Ramana Vollala, Jency Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2008-03-01
Series:Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-54492008000100016
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spelling doaj-8d73c2713acc4a0db264e936bb7f30cf2020-11-25T00:26:56ZengSociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV)Jornal Vascular Brasileiro1677-54491677-73012008-03-0171848610.1590/S1677-54492008000100016Surgical importance of variant hepatic blood vessels: a case reportThejodhar PulakuntaBhagath Kumar PotuVasavi Rakesh GorantlaVenkata Ramana VollalaJency ThomasThis report describes a variation in blood vessels of the liver and abnormal entry of hepatic arteries into the liver found during routine dissection in an approximately 43-year-old male cadaver. An accessory hepatic artery arose from the superior mesenteric artery and entered the liver at the porta hepatis, whereas the proper hepatic artery was seen entering the left liver lobe at the fissure for ligamentum venosum. Clinical implications of such variation are discussed in the article.<br>Este relato descreve uma variação nos vasos hepáticos e uma entrada anormal de artérias hepáticas no fígado, encontradas durante uma dissecção de rotina em um cadáver masculino de aproximadamente 43 anos. Uma artéria hepática acessória surgiu da artéria mesentérica superior e entrou no fígado no porta hepatis, ao passo que se constatou que a artéria hepática própria entrava no lobo hepático na fissura do ligamento venoso. Implicações clínicas desta variação são discutidas neste artigo.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-54492008000100016Artéria hepáticaartéria hepática acessóriatransplante hepáticoHepatic arteryaccessory hepatic arteryliver transplantation
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author Thejodhar Pulakunta
Bhagath Kumar Potu
Vasavi Rakesh Gorantla
Venkata Ramana Vollala
Jency Thomas
spellingShingle Thejodhar Pulakunta
Bhagath Kumar Potu
Vasavi Rakesh Gorantla
Venkata Ramana Vollala
Jency Thomas
Surgical importance of variant hepatic blood vessels: a case report
Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
Artéria hepática
artéria hepática acessória
transplante hepático
Hepatic artery
accessory hepatic artery
liver transplantation
author_facet Thejodhar Pulakunta
Bhagath Kumar Potu
Vasavi Rakesh Gorantla
Venkata Ramana Vollala
Jency Thomas
author_sort Thejodhar Pulakunta
title Surgical importance of variant hepatic blood vessels: a case report
title_short Surgical importance of variant hepatic blood vessels: a case report
title_full Surgical importance of variant hepatic blood vessels: a case report
title_fullStr Surgical importance of variant hepatic blood vessels: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Surgical importance of variant hepatic blood vessels: a case report
title_sort surgical importance of variant hepatic blood vessels: a case report
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV)
series Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
issn 1677-5449
1677-7301
publishDate 2008-03-01
description This report describes a variation in blood vessels of the liver and abnormal entry of hepatic arteries into the liver found during routine dissection in an approximately 43-year-old male cadaver. An accessory hepatic artery arose from the superior mesenteric artery and entered the liver at the porta hepatis, whereas the proper hepatic artery was seen entering the left liver lobe at the fissure for ligamentum venosum. Clinical implications of such variation are discussed in the article.<br>Este relato descreve uma variação nos vasos hepáticos e uma entrada anormal de artérias hepáticas no fígado, encontradas durante uma dissecção de rotina em um cadáver masculino de aproximadamente 43 anos. Uma artéria hepática acessória surgiu da artéria mesentérica superior e entrou no fígado no porta hepatis, ao passo que se constatou que a artéria hepática própria entrava no lobo hepático na fissura do ligamento venoso. Implicações clínicas desta variação são discutidas neste artigo.
topic Artéria hepática
artéria hepática acessória
transplante hepático
Hepatic artery
accessory hepatic artery
liver transplantation
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