Transarterial chemoembolization in a patient with the replaced right hepatic and left gastric arteries arising from the abdominal aorta: a new anatomical variation.

Purpose: Knowing the anatomical variation of the coeliac trunk (CT) and its detailed interpretation in the preoperative period is important for the prevention of iatrogenic injury during liver surgery or endovascular intervention on the coeliac trunk and its branches.

Methods: A diagnostic abdominal computed tomography angiography (CTA) was performed in a 61-year-old male patient, who was investigated for a liver cancer and chemoembolization was planned.

Results: CTA reveals that right hepatic artery (RHA) arises directly from the abdominal aorta, at the level of CT.

DIRECT-ACTING ANTIVIRALS FOR HEPATITIS C DO NOT AFFECT THE RISK OF DEVELOPMENT OR THE OUTCOME OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA.

HCV infection and its complications, especially hepatocellular carcinoma, is a substantial public health burden. In 2015 "Nationwide hepatitis C elimination program" was launched in Georgia. According to the protocol, patients with HCC also receive DAA antiviral treatment.