An interportal communicating branch was found at the hepatic bifurcation in two (2.4%) out of 83 hepatectomized cases of carcinoma of the biliary tract. The first case was a 54-year-old male with intrahepatic bile duct cancer, and the second was a 64-year-old female with gallbladder cancer. No other anatomical anomalies were found in the portal vein, hepatic artery, or biliary tract.

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