Celiacomesenteric trunk

Case contributed by Yaïr Glick
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Uncontrollable hypertension - pheochromocytoma?

Patient Data

Age: 70 years
Gender: Male
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The celiac artery and the SMA originate from a common trunk.
The celiac artery is ectatic and quadrifurcates into the right and left hepatic arteries, the left gastric artery, and the splenic artery.

No pheochromocytoma or any other lesion found.

Tiny calcified splenic granulomas.

Small simple cortical cyst and several other tiny ones in the left kidney.

Case Discussion

Uncommon vascular anatomical variant.

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