The Right Ovarian Artery Arising from the Right Inferior Phrenic Artery: A Case Report
Kimaporn Khamanarong MD*, Worawut Woraputtaporn MSc*, Pattama Amarttayakong MSc*, Somsiri Ratanasuwan MSc*, Tansita Ananteerakul MSc*, Malinee Kerdkoonchorn MSc*, Malivalaya Namking PhD*
Affiliation : * Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Objective : To report a case of the right ovarian artery arising from the right inferior phrenic artery.
Material and Method: The authors carried out the standard dissection survey of 810 embalmed female cadavers between
1983 and 2010.
Results : The authors encountered a case of the right ovarian artery arising from the right inferior phrenic artery in a donated
cadaver aged 53 years at decease.
Conclusion : With the advent of intra-abdominal laparoscopic techniques, the anatomy of the ovarian artery has assumed
much more importance.
Keywords : Right ovarian artery, Right inferior phrenic artery, Anatomy
