Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Hepaticocystic duct and a rare extra-hepatic "cruciate" arterial anastomosis: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Hepaticocystic duct and a rare extra-hepatic cruciate arterial anastomosis a case report Vasitha Abeysuriya 1 Sujatha Salgado1 Kemal I Deen2 and Sumudu K Kumarage2 Address Department of Clinical Anatomy Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya Ragama Sri Lanka and 2Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine University of Kelaniya Ragama Sri Lanka Email Vasitha Abeysuriya - vasitha76@ Sujatha Salgado - sujeesal@ Kemal I Deen - radihan@ Sumudu K Kumarage - sumudu_kumarage@ Corresponding author Published 6 February 2008 Received 20 November 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 37 doi 1752-1947-2-37 Accepted 6 February 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 37 2008 Abeysuriya et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ Introduction The variations in the morphological characteristics of the extra-hepatic biliary system are interesting. Case presentation During the dissection of cadavers to study the morphological characteristics of the extra-hepatic biliary system a 46-year-old male cadaver was found to have drainage of the common hepatic duct drains directly into the gall bladder neck. The right and left hepatic ducts were not seen extra-hepatically. Further drainage of the bile away from the gallbladder and into the duodenum was provided by the cystic duct. Formation of the common bile duct by the union of the common hepatic duct and cystic duct was absent. Further more the right hepatic artery was found to be communicating with the left hepatic artery
