An Additional Case of an Anomaly in the Regions of the Celiac Artery and the Superior Mesenteric Artery

A case of anomaly in the region of the celiac artery and the superior mesenteric artery encountered during the dissection practice for students in 1980 are described as follows. No. 322 : age 67 male. The celiac artery, for lack of the common hepatic artery, shows the Truncus gastrolienalis (Adachi), which was divided into the left gastric artery and the lienal artery. The hepatic artery, after originating from the superior mesenteric artery, passes upward and rightward and crosses behind the portal vein (A. hepatica accessoria dextra, Adachi), then gives off the gastroduodenal artery and the right gastric artery, and enters into the liver as propria hepatic artery. This case belongs to type VI by the classifications of Adachi. Besides, the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery was lacking in this case.