Common hepatic artery is the branch of celiac trunk
which is chief artery of the foregut. Branches of celiac
trunk supply the gastrointestinal tract and its associated
glands which are derived from foregut. Anatomy and
variations of hepatic arterial system have become
increasingly important due to increasing number of
laparoscopic procedures, oncologic surgical interventions,
and organ transplant cases. This case report
describes a rare anatomical variation of an aberrant
artery arising from common hepatic artery before the
origin of gastroduodenal artery and proper hepatic artery.The aberrant artery traversed inferiorly and
behind the body of the pancreas which divided into a
right and left branches. The right branch ran behind the
neck of the pancreas and it ended after giving few
branches to head and body of pancreas. However, the
left branch gave off branches to the proximal part of the
jejunum. The presence of a branch arising directly from
the common hepatic artery supplying the pancreas and
jejunum is uncommon. Knowledge of such a rare
variation is important not only for surgeons but also
interventional radiologists and those studying anatom