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IJAR.2018.205

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Type of Article:  Case Report

Volume 6; Issue 2.3 (June 2018)

Page No.: 5351-5353

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2018.205

AN INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY ARISING FROM THE LEFT COMMON ILIAC ARTERY

Eleni Panagouli 1, Gregory Tsoucalas *2, Aliki Fiska 2, Dionysios Venieratos 1, Panagiotis Skandalakis 2.

1 Department of Anatomy, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

2 Department of Anatomy, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.

Corresponding author: Gregory Tsoucalas, Ierolohiton 155, Agioi Anargyroi 38334, Volos, Greece. Cell phone 00306945298205, E-Mail: gregorytsoucalas@yahoo.gr

ABSTRACT:

Although anatomical variations in abdominal vascular branching are a common phenomenon, alternations in IMA are rather rare. We report a variation found during a dissection of an embalmed male cadaver of Caucasian Hellenic origin, where we observed an IMA having as a point of origin the left common iliac artery, 0.4 cm after the AA bifurcation in the level between L3 and L4 vertebra. Ignorance of this variant may cause serious implications during vascular and abdominal surgery.

Key words: Inferior Mesenteric Artery, Common Iliac Artery, Aorta Bifurcation, Anatomic Variation.

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Cite this article: Eleni Panagouli, Gregory Tsoucalas, Aliki Fiska, Dionysios Venieratos, Panagiotis Skandalakis. AN INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY ARISING FROM THE LEFT COMMON ILIAC ARTERY . Int J Anat Res 2018;6(2.3):5351-5353. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2018.205