TY - JOUR JO - Archives of Medical Science SN - 1734-1922 VL - 5 IS - 1 PY - 2009 ID - Mahajan2009 TI - An anatomical variation in the branching pattern of the coeliac trunk AB - The coeliac trunk gives off three branches, i.e. the splenic artery, the hepatic artery and the left gastric artery. In the present study, we report two additional branches arising from the coeliac trunk. Of the two branches, the larger branch (accessory hepatic artery) traversed to the right, passing posterior to the portal vein, thereby ascending along the left margin of the common bile duct, while the smaller branch supplied the common bile duct (retroportal artery). Anatomical knowledge of the anomalous branching pattern of the coeliac trunk may be important for surgical, interventional and radiological purposes AU - Mahajan, Anita AU - Paul, Shipra AU - Das, Srijit SP - 117 EP - 119 DA - 2009 UR - https://www.termedia.pl/An-anatomical-variation-in-the-branching-pattern-of-the-coeliac-trunk,19,12306,1,1.html ER -