Liu He; Yunwen Hu & Chengjun Hu

The stomach receives a rich blood supply from five sets of arteries, all of which originate from the celiac trunk. During the dissection of a female cadaver that had been fixed with formalin, an atypical branching pattern was observed. An accessory left gastric artery was found to originate from the left hepatic artery and send small branches to the esophagus, cardia, and fundus of the stomach. However, there was no anastomosis between the lower accessory left gastric artery and the left gastric artery. This is a rare variant of the gastric artery that has not been previously described in detail. It is important to recognize this variation for safe and effective interventional diagnosis and treatment techniques if dealing with the liver or gastric arteries.

KEY WORDS: Variations; Accessory left gastric artery; Left gastric artery; Left hepatic artery; Celiac trunk.

HE, L.; HU, Y. & HU, C. An unusual anatomical variation of accessory left gastric artery arising from left hepatic artery. Int. J. Morphol., 41(6):1906-1908, 2023.