Replaced Right Hepatic Artery Originated from the Proximal Segment of the Common Hepatic Artery and Crossing behind the Portal Vein: A Dangerous Anomaly in Hepatic Resection and Liver Transplantation

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Replaced right hepatic artery originated from splenic artery, in association with gastrosplenic trunk: a case report

“…An aberrant RHA also represented the most frequent hepatic arterial variation in the statistical studies conducted by Hiatt et al [ 6 ] and Koops et al [ 7 ] (Table 1 ). A RRHA arising directly from: the abdominal aorta (AA) [ 8 , 9 ], the celiac trunk (CT) [ 10 , 11 ], the gastroduodenal artery (GDA) [ 8 , 12 ], the proximal segment of the common hepatic artery (CHA) [ 12 , 13 ] or the right renal artery (RRA) [ 14 , 15 ], the right inferior phrenic artery (RIPA) [ 15 ], and the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) [ 15 ] is rarely reported in the literature. The first case of RRHA originating in splenic artery (SA) was described by Caruso et al , in 2016 [ 16 ].…”