Shiva Roshankhah
1 
, Mohammad Reza Salahshoor
1 , Mohammad Mohsen Taghavi
2 , Zahra Taghipour
3 , Samereh Dehghani Soltani
3 , Abdolreza Babaee
3 , Akram Molahoseini
3 , Ahmad Shabanizadeh
4* 1 Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
2 Department of Anatomical Sciences, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Medical School, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
3 Department of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
4 Department of Anatomical Sciences, Immunology of Infectious Disease Research Center, Research Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
Abstract
Anatomical changes of the abdominal aorta artery are highly important in the liver, pancreas, bile ducts, liver transplantation, and abdominal radiological interventions, and knowing about them can reduce the risk of complications from surgery. In this case, an 80-year-old man had anatomical changes in the superior mesenteric and celiac arteries. This person had a celiac arterial trunk, which had a left gastric branch, a splenic branch, and a branch to the diaphragm. In addition to its main branches, the upper mesenteric artery had a hepatic artery (HA) moving toward the liver. Knowing the changes in the celiac trunk and HA is highly essential for designing some abdominal surgeries, including liver transplants, pancreatoduodenectomy, biliary reconstruction, gastrectomy, and other abdominal disorders.