Abstract
After dissection of the abdominal cavity of a 59-year-old male, a long artery, extending from the hepatic artery to the transverse colon, and comprised proximally within the neck of the pancreas and distally within the transverse mesocolon, has been detected. This "pancreato-colic" artery (P-C A) was 13 cm in length and 4 mm in diameter at the origin. Its mesocolic part (2.5 mm in diameter) contributed to the formation of the marginal arcade. No middle colic artery from the superior mesenteric was observed. Thus, the transverse colon was supplied by the distal part of the P-C A. Considering both the P-C A caliber and topography, attention should be paid during pancreatic resections and in the interposition of the transverse colon for esophageal replacement in order to avoid serious bleeding and necrosis. Embryologically, the proximal part of the P-C A might be regarded as an intrapancreatic variant of the tract of the longitudinal anastomosis between the ventral segmental arteries, persisting in the adult as dorsal pancreatic artery. Different from its usual retropancreatic location, this part might be entrapped inside the gland by the developing primitive pancreatic anlages. The distal, mesocolic, part of the P-C A might be regarded as a replacing middle colic artery into the dorsal mesentery during midgut rotation.
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