MSCTA and ultrasound manifestations of variation in the origin of the common hepatic artery
ZHU Lingling
YANG Lin
YANG Zhongxian
LIU Yanyan
WU Shuohua
DAI Huiyong
YAN Gen
WU Renhua
Abstract：Objective MSCTA and CDFI were used to observe the incidence and imaging performance of variants in the ori-gin of the common hepatic artery to provide a clinical reference for the diagnosis and management of upper abdominal disease.Methods Retrospective analysis of 287 abdominal MSCTA and some CDFI images was performed to observe the origin of the common hepatic artery,and relevant data were recorded and analyzed.Results Among the 230 cases that met the inclusion cri-teria,a total of 15 cases had variants in the origin of the common hepatic artery,accounting for 6.50％of the total.There were six types of common hepatic artery variants:type Ⅰ(common hepatic artery from the superior mesenteric artery)in 9 cases;type Ⅱ(common hepatic artery from the abdominal aorta)in 2 cases;type Ⅲ(common hepatic artery,left gastric artery,and splenic artery from the abdominal aorta)in 1 case;type Ⅳ(celiac axis and superior mesenteric artery coaptation)in 1 case;type Ⅴ(common hepatic artery and splenic artery with common trunk from superior mesenteric artery)in 1 case;and Type Ⅵ(absence of common hepatic artery)found in 1 case.Conclusion The imaging manifestation of common hepatic artery variation is char-acteristic,and MSCTA combined with ultrasound can reflect the vascular variation in many aspects,which is an important guide for clinical diagnosis.
Keywords：Common hepatic arteryAnatomical variationMulti-slice CT angiographyUltrasound imaging
Publication Date：2024-03-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 70-73 )