Vascular variations in abdomen, face and neck in a single cadaver

Abstract

During Routine dissection at Bankura Sammilani Medical College, multiple vascular variations were detected in a cadaver of 60 years aged female. Variation in formation of hepatic portal vein was present as union of splenic vein with the common trunk formed by Superior mesenteric vein & Inferior mesenteric vein. Second variations were in unilateral facial vessels, where the right facial artery terminated as superior labial artery and the right common facial vein drained into the External jugular vein. Knowledge of variant anatomy of hepatic portal vein is essential for surgical and interventional procedures because large visceral territory drained by inferior mesenteric vein. Knowledge of Facial vessels is important for maxillofacial surgeries.

Keywords

• inferior mesenteric vein
• facial artery
• facial vein
• posterior triangle