ENİS ULUÇAM, ALİ YILMAZ, Bülent Sabri CIGALI, CÜNEYT BOZER, Levent ELEVLİ

Middle colic artery originating directly from aorta AS A middle mesenteric artery

Otuz iki yaşında beyaz, kadın bir kadavrada gerçekleştirilen karın bölgesi disseksiyonu sırasında aortanın ön yüzünden köken alan anormal bir arter bulundu. Bu arterin başlangıç noktası a. mesenterica superior ile a. mesenterica inferior arasındaydı. Çapı 2.2 mm idi ve orta hattan sola doğru bir kavis yaparak yukarı ilerlemekte, colon transversum'u beslemekteydi. Sağ ve sol olmak üzere iki dala ayrılıp sağ dalı ile a. colica dextra, sol dalı ile de a. colica sinistra ile birleşmekteydi. Karın damarlarının teşhis amaçlı görüntülenmesi ve kalın bağırsak cerrahisi sırasında anormal bir arter varlığının olasılığı akılda bulundurulmalıdır.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Mezenterik arterler, Erişkin, Aort, abdominal, Kadın, Kadavra, Kolon

A. mesenterica media olarak doğrudan aortadan köken alan A. colica media

During abdominal dissection of a 32-year-old Caucasian female cadaver, an anomalous artery originating from the anterior aspect of the abdominal aorta was found. This artery had its origin between the superior mesenteric and inferior mesenteric arteries. It was 2.2 mm in diameter and formed an arch ascending to the left of the midline supplying the transverse colon. It was divided into right and left branches; the former anastomosing with the right colic artery, the latter with the left. During the diagnostic imaging of the abdominal vasculature and the practice of colonic surgery, the possibility of the existence of an anomalous artery must be kept in mind.

Keywords:

Mesenteric Arteries, Adult, Aorta, Abdominal, Female, Cadaver, Colon,

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