Hepatosplenomesenteric trunk; a rare variation of the celiac trunk

st the 1 lumbar vertebra. The left gastric artery arose from the anterior surface of the aorta just proximal to the celiac trunk as a separate artery (Fig 1 & 2). The trunk was about 0.5 cm long and it gave origin to a common trunk (for the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery) and the superior mesenteric artery. The superior mesenteric artery passed deep to the pancreas. The common trunk was about 0.5 cm long and divided into two main branches, the splenic artery and the common hepatic artery. Both these arteries were almost equal in diameter. The splenic artery took its normal pathway along the upper border of the pancreas to the spleen. The common hepatic artery gave three branches; the first branch originated from the superior surface of the common hepatic artery and it was a common trunk for right gastric and left hepatic artery. The gastroduodenal artery originated from the inferior aspect of the st