Obstructive Jaundice Due to Compression of the Common Bile Duct by Variant Right Hepatic Artery

Mechanical and Anatomical Causes of Bile Duct

“…The right hepatic artery can cause compressive jaundice (right hepatic artery syndrome; Taboga et al 1969;Tsuchiya et al 1984;Chung et al 1994;Miyashita et al 2005) and may promote the development of lithiasis (Kim et al 1992b;Ju et al 2000). A right hepatic artery originating from the gastroduodenal artery has also been shown to induce obstructive jaundice (Baek et al 2008).…”