Common origin of the medial circumflex femoral and inferior epigastric arteries from the femoral artery

Abstract

Classically, the inferior epigastric artery is a branch of the external iliac artery before it becomes the femoral artery. It may arise from different origin and this kind of differences was important for vascular attempts of this region. Variation of these arteries carries weight for reconstruction of perine, scrotum, head (especially maxilla) and neck. We believe that; the proper and efficient demonstration of this variation will add important contribution to our knowledge. A variation of the inferior epigastric artery was observed during routine dissection of a 74-year-old male cadaver. In our case, inferior epigastric artery appeared as a common trunk with medial circumflex femoral artery, which leaves femoral artery. This case of common origin of the medial circumflex femoral and inferior epigastric arteries from the femoral artery is different from comparing with rare cases from the literature. Knowledge about anatomical variations regarding origins of the femoral artery proximal branches should keep in mind and is important for clinicians in the interventional radiology.