Abnormal High Origin of the Medial Circumflex from the External Iliac Artery: Variation and Dissociation in the Branching Pattern of the Profunda Femoris Artery

Case report

English

A.I. Enah 1, Enab Kamal 1, Hussamedin-El-Bakri 1, T. Faraz, Sarojani Sood 2, G.A. Mannan 2

1-First Year Medical Students, Faculty of Medicine University of Garyounis, Benghazi, S.P.L.A .J. 2-Department of Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Medicine, University Garyounis, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J.

Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 5, No.1. January 1982:117-119

Abstract

A rare case of high origin of the medial circumflex artery has been recorded in an African cadaver. The artery arose from the external Iliac by a common trunk with the inferior epigastric branch. Surgical importance of the anomaly has also been considered.

Keywords: Abnormal High Origin of the Medial Circumflex from the External Iliac Artery: Variation and Dissociation in the Branching Pattern of the Profunda Femoris Artery

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