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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2015; 05(03): 105-106
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1703921
Case Report

Variation in the origin of right obturator artery - A case report

Rani Nallathamby
1   Post Graduates, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka, India
,
Ramakrishna Avadhani
2   Professor & HOD, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka, India
,
Sivarama C. H.
3   Post Graduates, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka, India
,
Meril Ann Soman
4   Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka, India
,
Meera Jacob
5   Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore - 575 018, Karnataka, India
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Abstract

Most commonly, the Obturator artery arises from the anterior trunk of internal iliac artery. However, origin of the Obturator artery from external iliac artery was reported at 25% by Missankov et al. [3], 1.1% by Bergman et al. [1], 1.3% by Jakubowicz and Czerniawska- Grzesinska [2].Due to its high frequency of variations in course and origin, Obturator artery had drawn the attention of anatomists, surgeons and radiologists. In this case report, we are presenting an anomalous origin of right Obturator artery from right external iliac artery. The knowledge of this variation is important anatomically, radiologically and surgically.

Keywords

Obturator artery - external iliac artery - pelvic vessel variations


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22 April 2020

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