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ArticleAnatomy & cell biology2023

A marginal branch of the left hepatic artery running along the umbilical vein and supplying the anterior surface of the liver left lobe: a report of 5 cases in 12 Japanese human fetuses.

Ji Hyun Kim, Shogo Hayashi, Gen Murakami, José Francisco Rodríguez-Vázquez, Hiroshi Abe

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Article in Anatomy & cell biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Ji Hyun KimDepartment of Anatomy, Jeonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9653-7261
Shogo HayashiDepartment of Anatomy, Division of Basic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0302-7658
Gen MurakamiDivision of Internal Medicine, Cupid Clinic, Iwamizawa, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7181-5475
José Francisco Rodríguez-VázquezDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, School of Medicine, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5423-4492
Hiroshi AbeDepartment of Anatomy, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2236-2929
Akita University · JPJeonbuk National University · KRMiwa Internal Medicine Clinic · JPTokai University · JPUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ES

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Abstract

In human fetuses, the left hepatic artery (LHA) issues the marginal artery that runs along the umbilical vein and, sometimes, reaches the umbilicus. The further observation demonstrated that, in 5 of 12 Japanese midterm fetuses (crown-rump length mm: 46, 50, 54, 59, 102), the marginal artery issued not only a thin umbilical branch but also a liver parenchymal branch that took a posterosuperior recurrent course in a peritoneal fold and supplied the anterior surface of the liver left lobe (segment III). However, in 22 Spanish fetuses of which gestational ages corresponded to the Japanese ones, we did not find the parenchymal branch. Therefore, between human populations, there seemed to be a considerable difference in the incidence as to whether or not the marginal artery issues the liver parenchymal branch. The parenchymal branch might be degenerated at the later stages due to friction between the liver free surface and growing diaphragm.

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Appendix fibrosa hepatisCoronary ligamentHuman fetusLeft hepatic arteryUmbilical vein

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