A duplication of the cystic duct - case report (original) (raw)

European Journal of Anatomy

Abstract

Extrahepatic biliary system presents with numerous variations. Anatomical knowledge of the cystic duct, common hepatic duct, com-mon bile duct and the surrounding vessels is necessary to avoid iatrogenic ductal injuries and inadvertent complications during biliary surgery. This study reports the presence of duplicated cystic duct in a fifty-year old male cadaver. The gallbladder in this case was sin-gle and not duplicated. The additional cystic duct was observed to arise from the neck of the gallbladder just above and parallel to the nor-mal cystic duct .It terminated into the main cystic duct itself. The normal cystic duct also originated from the neck of gall bladder and descended down and joined with the common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct. The ves-sels related to this biliary ductal system name-ly the proper hepatic artery and the portal vein were found to be situated normally within the hepatoduodenal ligament.

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