en News and Reports News and Reports <p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">The knowledge of variations in the superficial veins is of clinical importance&nbsp;for the anatomist,&nbsp;radiologists, clinical practitioners and surgeons in order to plan about the operative procedures.&nbsp;Usually cephalic vein drains into the axillary vein. In this case report study the left cephalic&nbsp;vein communicates with the left external jugular vein and made a common trunk at the superior&nbsp;surface of the clavicle, and then opened into the subclavian vein posterosuperior to the clavicle.&nbsp;The aim of this report was to discuss about the presence of an abnormal communication&nbsp;between external jugular and cephalic vein.</p> Variation, Cephalic vein, External jugular vein 203 205 http://anatomyjournal.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-45-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Mohammad Reza Darabi m.darabi@arakmu.ac.ir 10031947532846001326 10031947532846001326 Yes Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Alireza Shams arshams_2000@yahoo.com 10031947532846001327 10031947532846001327 No Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. Parvindokht Bayat 10031947532846001328 10031947532846001328 No Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Mohammad Bayat 10031947532846001329 10031947532846001329 No Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Saeed Babaee Saeid.babaei@yahoo.com 10031947532846001330 10031947532846001330 No Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Bita Ghahremani Bitagahremani15@gmail.com 10031947532846001331 10031947532846001331 No Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran.