deep circumflex iliac vein

{{Infobox vein

| Name = Deep circumflex iliac vein

| Latin = vena circumflexa ilium profunda

| Image = Gray585.png

| Caption = The veins of the right half of the male pelvis.

| Image2 = Gray586.png

| Caption2 = The iliac veins.

| DrainsFrom =

| DrainsTo = External iliac vein

| Artery = Deep circumflex iliac artery

}}

The deep circumflex iliac vein is formed by the union of the venae comitantes of the deep iliac circumflex artery.{{Cite book |last=Standring |first=Susan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1201341621 |title=Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice |publisher=Elsevier |year=2020 |isbn=978-0-7020-7707-4 |edition=42th |location=New York |pages=1250-1251 |oclc=1201341621}} It drains venous blood from the walls of the iliac fossa.{{Cite web |title=deep circumflex iliac vein - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine |url=https://www.academie-medecine.fr/le-dictionnaire/index.php?q=deep+circumflex+iliac+vein |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.academie-medecine.fr}} It empties into the external iliac vein about 2 cm superior to the inguinal ligament,{{Cite book |last=Gray |first=Henry |url=https://archive.org/details/anatomyofhumanbo1918gray/page/673/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Gray's Anatomy |year=1918 |edition=20th |pages=673}} just distal to where the inferior epigastric vein does so. The DCIV runs across the external iliac artery. It forms anastomoses with the iliolumbar vein, and lower two lumbar veins.