AN ANATOMICAL VARIATION IN THE BRANCHING PATTERN OF PROFUNDA FEMORIS ARTERY: A CASE REPORT

This paper describes the origin of extra lateral branch of profunda femoris artery. This variation was found in one of the cadaver in the department of shareera Rachana at SDM College of Ayurveda, Hassan, Karnataka (India). During routine dissection of a female cadaver (about sixty years of age), in the femoral triangle of left lower limb we observed an extra branch in lateral aspect of profunda femoris above the origin of lateral circumflex femoral artery. We compared our findings with normal branching of profunda femoris artery of other limb and possible variations of profunda femoris artery reported in the literature. The importance of variation in branching pattern of profunda femoris artery is discussed.