title: A combined anatomical variation of inferior epigastric vessels.
abstract: During the routine gross anatomical dissection of the right inguinal region  of a 45-year-old male cadaver, a variation was observed both in the inferior  epigastric artery and the inferior epigastric vein. In this case, the right inferior  epigastric artery originated from the femoral artery 13 mm inferior to  the inguinal ligament. Additionally, in this cadaver, the single right inferior  epigastric vein drained into femoral vein 8 mm inferior to the inguinal ligament.  The distal origin of the inferior epigastric artery from the femoral  artery and the lower drainage of the single inferior epigastric vein to the  femoral vein must be taken into consideration by surgeons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. burcue@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ercakmak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Firat
authors.forename: C Gunenc
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Beser
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilgin
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Sargon
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Basar
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D004210:Dissection; D019074:Epigastric Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged