%0 Journal Article
%T Anatomical Variants of Celiac Trunk in Relation to Its Branching: A Preliminary Sub-Saharan Study
%A Siaka Ben-Aziz Dao
%A Ouattara Boubakar
%A Zanga Moussa
%A Kambou Tiemtore B¨¦nild
%A Nde Ouedraogo Nina
%A Ramde Annick
%A Louazoube P. Ga&iuml
%A ba
%A Zoungrana Robert
%A Diallo Ousseini
%A Ciss¨¦ Rabiou
%J Open Journal of Radiology
%P 151-161
%@ 2164-3032
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojrad.2019.92014
%X <strong>Background:</strong> Surgical treatment of upper mesocolic organs is improved by preoperative diagnosis of anatomical variants of celiac trunk. According to the literature, these anatomical variants are little known in sub-Saharan Africa. <strong>Purpose:</strong> To evaluate the prevalence of anatomical variants of celiac trunk in relation to its branching. <strong>Materials and methods:</strong> This was a cross-sectional study of descriptive type. It retrospectively evaluated 160 abdominal contrast enhanced CT-scan, from patients attending Yalgado OUEDRAOGO teaching hospital, from 1 January 2015 to 30 September 2016. Patients with a history of heavy abdominal surgery were excluded. Images obtained by 64-row CT-scan were analyzed for anatomical variants of the celiac trunk. <strong>Results:</strong> One hundred and twenty-eight patients (80%) had a classic anatomical configuration of celiac trunk, while thirty-two (20%) had at least one anatomical variant. Two anatomical variants were found in fifteen patients (9.4%) while five other patients (3.1%) had more than two variants. The most frequent anatomical variant was the hepato-splenic bifurcation, found in fourteen patients (8, 8%). It was followed by common celiac and mesenteric trunk, and then collateral arteries, in particular left hepatic artery and right lower diaphragmatic artery, each with three patients (1.9%). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Anatomical variants related to celiac trunk branching, are as frequent in our study as in the literature. However, the two most common anatomical variants were hepato-splenic bifurcation and common celiac and mesenteric trunk.
%K Celiac Trunk
%K Anatomical Variant
%K Hepato-Splenic Bifurcation
%K Common Celiac and Mesenteric Trunk
%K CT-Scan
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=93354