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Rare combined variations of accessory left hepatic artery and accessory right hepatic artery: a case report and literature review

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Variations in the hepatic artery are commonly described in the literature, which is vital for the success procedure of all hepatobiliary surgery. Usually a variation occurs in either the accessory right hepatic artery (aRHA) or the accessory left hepatic artery (aLHA). However, we report an extremely rare case where the variation occurs in both simultaneously. We over served the aRHA arising from the gastroduodenal artery and branching into the superior pancreatic duodenum artery, while the aLHA arose from the common hepatic artery and branched into right gastric artery. This situation has never been reported in literature. We will discuss the meaning of this hepatic artery variation in a clinical setting.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to the woman and her family for donating the body. We thank Professor J.J Ma and Dr. T.T Tan for instructing anatomy and critically reading the manuscript.

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  1. Human Anatomy Laboratory, First Clinical College, Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, China

    Weiqiang Jin & Dunzhu Guo

  2. Department of Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, China

    Man Dong

  3. Human Anatomy Laboratory, Third Clinical College, Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, China

    Jinru Pan

  4. Human Anatomy Laboratory, School of Basic Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, China

    Qingyang Zhang, Miaoya Li, Zhenghao Lv & Jianjun Ma

  5. Human Anatomy Laboratory, School of International Education, Xinxiang Medical University, Henan, China

    Yichen Gao

  6. Department of Ultrasound Imaging, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238# Ziyang Road, Wuhan, 430060, China

    Tuantuan Tan

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Jin, W., Dong, M., Pan, J. et al. Rare combined variations of accessory left hepatic artery and accessory right hepatic artery: a case report and literature review. Surg Radiol Anat 42, 443–447 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-019-02396-4

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