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Cystoduodenal ligament as an abnormal fold and the accompanying anatomical and clinical implications

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This paper reports two cases of cadaveric cystoduodenal ligament in the lesser omentum, different from the commonly known hepatoduodenal and hepatogastric ligaments. Cystoduodenal ligament was occasionally reported and implies a variation in the anatomy of the omental bursa and its foramen. The omental foramen which has been commonly described to provide communication between the greater and the lesser sacs, and located posterior to the free egde of the lesser omentum, is not so in these cases. The knowledge of abnormal peritoneal folds like this may be important to surgeons, prosectors and radiologists.

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We hereby categorically declare that there was no conflict of interest whatsoever associated with this work. The authors are seasoned academics and researchers of the host institute, Bowen University and are duly mandated to carry out their work under the aegis of their employer. Furthermore, the discovery herein reported was observed during routine practical dissection classes supervision. There was no financial sponsorship for this research, all financial input were from the above named researchers.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Nigeria

    J. O. Ashaolu, V. O. Ukwenya & T. K. Adenowo

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Ashaolu, J.O., Ukwenya, V.O. & Adenowo, T.K. Cystoduodenal ligament as an abnormal fold and the accompanying anatomical and clinical implications. Surg Radiol Anat 33, 171–174 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-010-0736-z

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