[Radiographic diagnosis and clinical significance of developmental anomalies of the celiac trunk]

The author presents case histories of his patients and draws attention to the most frequently occurring developmental anomalies of truncus coeliacus. In addition to variations in the division and course of vessels of Tripus Halleri, there are also frequent hypoplasies of vessels and orificial compressions, caused by anomalous course of ligamentum arcuatum. The author also draws attention to the evaluation of the importance of vascular anomalies from the point of view of hemocirculation changes detected by angiography, used also in clinical practice until recently. In the last years the digital subtraction angiography and ultrasonography modified by the method of duplex scanning--exercise Doppler, substitute the classical abdominal angiography and materialize regional hypoperfusion of organs in clinically uncertain abdominal symptomatology.