Anatomical variants of the celiac trunk

C M Laleye; P Yekpe Ahouansou; S E D Hounton; L B Videgla; A A Hadonou; A C Agossou; S G Attolou; E Dibert-Bekoy-Nouganga; O Biaou; G M Hounnou; Mehinto; A K Voyeme

doi:10.1016/j.morpho.2020.10.003

Anatomical variants of the celiac trunk

Morphologie. 2021 Sep;105(350):227-236. doi: 10.1016/j.morpho.2020.10.003. Epub 2020 Nov 7.

Authors

C M Laleye¹, P Yekpe Ahouansou², S E D Hounton³, L B Videgla³, A A Hadonou⁴, A C Agossou³, S G Attolou⁴, E Dibert-Bekoy-Nouganga⁵, O Biaou², G M Hounnou⁴, Mehinto⁶, A K Voyeme⁴

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cotonou, Benin; University Clinic of Visceral Surgery, "Hubert_Koutoukou_Maga" University_Teaching Hospital Center, Cotonou, Benin. Electronic address: laleyefor@yahoo.fr.
² Medical Imaging Department, "Hubert_Koutoukou_Maga" University_Teaching Hospital Center, Cotonou, Benin.
³ Laboratory of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cotonou, Benin; Medical Imaging Department, "Hubert_Koutoukou_Maga" University_Teaching Hospital Center, Cotonou, Benin.
⁴ Laboratory of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cotonou, Benin.
⁵ Department of Surgery, "Maman Elisabeth Domitien de Bimbo" University Hospital Center, Bimbo, Central African Republic.
⁶ University Clinic of Visceral Surgery, "Hubert_Koutoukou_Maga" University_Teaching Hospital Center, Cotonou, Benin.

PMID: 33172784
DOI: 10.1016/j.morpho.2020.10.003

Abstract

Aim of the study: Determine the anatomical variants of the celiac trunk and describe it in its modal form using a scanner.

Patients: In total, 200 patients were included in this study.

Material and methods: The study was carried out using a multi-detector scanner (SIEMENS Somatom Emotion Excel Edition, 16 bars). The two-dimensional and three-dimensional reconstructions by volume were made with the OSIRIX software. It was a retrospective study. The study had taken into account the result of the abdominal scanners injected carried out from December 15, 2018 to February 15, 2019 i.e. 14 months (1 year 2 months).

Results: A predominance of type I of UFLACKER is 93.50% with a rate of change from normal of 6.50%. A vertebral projection of the origin of the celiac trunk at the level of the T12-L1 intervertebral disc was observed in 52.80%. An existence of collateral branches in 7.5% of cases. Other terminal branches apart from the three classics were found in 8.5% of the cases.

Conclusion: These variants deserve special attention in the case of a pre-therapeutic vascular assessment for the surgical or interventional management of tumors and trauma of the supra-meso-colic viscera or even for organ transplantation.

Keywords: Anatomical variants; CT scan.; Celiac trunk.

MeSH terms

Anatomic Variation*
Aorta, Abdominal
Celiac Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Retrospective Studies