DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2018.v06i03.004

Pages: 259-262

Variations in the hepatic vascular anatomy are reported frequently. Usually, the celiac trunk gives off the common hepatic artery, which divides into proper hepatic and gastroduodenal arteries. The proper hepatic artery branches into the right and left hepatic arteries to supply the respective hepatic lobes. The present article reports an early bifurcation of right and left hepatic arteries before entering the porta hepatis along with a variant origin of right gastric artery from left hepatic artery. The knowledge of the variation is essential for the interventional radiologists and surgeons. The ignorance of these variations can lead to intraoperative and postoperative complications including hepatic ischemia.