Arterial collaterals in intrahepatic arterial occlusion.

Two cases are reported, where intrahepatic peripheral arterial collaterals were angiographically observed. In one case the collateral artery connected the subsegmental arteries of the dorso-caudal and ventro-cranial segments; in the other collateral circulation existed between the ventro-cranial segmental artery and the middle hepatic artery. Thus, the segmental arteries of the liver are not always end arteries. A schematic drawing of the hitherto angiographically confirmed collaterals is given.