Inferior pancreatic artery

Looks like

An artery running along the lower back border of the pancreas, usually from the dorsal pancreatic artery.

What it does

Supplies the body and tail of the pancreas.

Keeping it well

Matters in pancreatic surgery; small and rarely a problem alone.

Related conditions

• Acute kidney injury
• Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
• Chronic kidney disease
• Dehydration & electrolyte disorders
• Diabetes insipidus (arginine vasopressin deficiency)
• Diabetic ketoacidosis
• Glomerulonephritis
• Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
• Hantavirus infection
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hydronephrosis
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• IgA nephropathy
• Kawasaki disease
• Kidney cancer
• Kidney infection
• Kidney stones
• Lead poisoning
• Leptospirosis (Weil's disease)
• Metabolic syndrome
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Poisoning & overdose
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Renal artery stenosis
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• SIADH (inappropriate antidiuretic hormone)
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
• Toxic shock syndrome
• Tuberous sclerosis complex
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)
• Vesicoureteral reflux
• Wilms tumour (nephroblastoma)
• Yellow fever