Emergency Transcatheter Arterial Embolization for Acute Mediastinal Hemorrhage

Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the application value of transcatheter arterial embolization (TAE) for mediastinal hemorrhage. Materials and Methods The study retrospectively analyzed the status of TAE treatment in 13 patients with mediastinal hemorrhage. Results Aortic angiography and bleeding artery angiography showed that the bleeding in 13 mediastinal hemorrhage patients, respectively, originated from intercostal artery, esophageal artery, or bronchial artery. All patients were embolized with gelatin sponge and (or) polyvinyl alcohol particles. Chest computed tomography scan found that all 13 patients showed reduced range of mediastinal hematoma after TAE. Conclusion TAE has the advantages of reduced trauma, rapid and direct hemostasis, and solid therapeutic effects in the treatment of mediastinal hemorrhage.

Course and branch of the celiac artery in the red falcon (Buteo rufinus)

The present study was aimed at determining the origin, course and distribution of the celiac artery in eight adult red falcons, using a latex injection and dissection method. The celiac artery was ascertained to originate from the aorta at the level of the last 2–3 costae. The celiac artery was determined to split into two main branches, namely, left branch of the celiac artery and right branch of the celiac artery, in between the proventriculus and gizzard, and in the proximity of the lien. Prior to the indicated bifurcation, the celiac artery was observed to give off an esophageal artery and superior proventricular artery. In seven of the red falcons examined, splenic arteries, varying from two to four in number, were determined to spring from the celiac artery. Both the left and right hepatic arteries were ascertained to stem from the left branch of the celiac artery. The terminal branch of the left branch of the celiac artery, namely, the left gastric artery, was determined to have a fan-like distribution to the left surface of the gaster. The artery of the gall bladder was demonstrated to emanate from the left branch of the celiac artery in all of the red falcons examined, excluding one. The right branch of the celiac artery was determined to ramify into its terminal branches, namely, the right inferior gastric artery, ileocecal artery, pancreaticoduodenal artery, duodenojejunal artery and gastroduodenal artery, in the proximity of the pylorus which constitutes the gastro-duodenal passage.

Arterial supply to the esophagus of Black Bengal goat

To study the blood supply to the esophagus of Black Bengal goat a research was conducted in the Department of Anatomy and Histology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202 with 12 Black Bengal goats of over 6 months of age of both sexes. The esophagus of Black Bengal goat was sampled at six sites- cranial cervical, middle cervical, caudal cervical, at the level of thoracic inlet, at the middle mediastinum and at the level of cardia. The arteries supplying the cervical and thoracic part of the esophagus came from the left common carotid and esophageal artery respectively. The esophageal artery arose from the thoracic aorta independently in Black Bengal goat. Key words: Blood supply, esophagus, Black Bengal goat  doi: 10.3329/bjvm.v6i2.2342 Bangl. J. Vet. Med. (2008). 6 (2): 229-230