Author/Authors :
AMIN, ALIA University of Health Sciences - Department of Anatomy, Pakistan , AMIN, ALIA CMH Lahore Medical and Dental College - Department of Anatomy, Pakistan , SHARIF, NAZREEN University of Health Sciences - Department of Anatomy, Pakistan , SHARIF, NAZREEN CMH Lahore Medical and Dental College - Department of Anatomy, Pakistan , TAHIR, M. University of Health Sciences - Department of Anatomy, Pakistan , TAHIR, M. CMH Lahore Medical and Dental College - Department of Anatomy, Pakistan
Abstract :
Introduction: Paired kidneys are located retroperitoneally in para-vertebral gutters and receive 20% of cardiac output. Each kidney is supplied by a single renal artery from aorta in 70% of individuals. Objective: Identifying and reporting variations in renal vasculature. This was a case report, from CMH Lahore Medical College, Lahore. Anatomical variations in the vascular pattern of kidneys have been well documented in medical literature. Aberrant renal arteries hold significant importance in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Knowing the possibilities of aberrant renal vessels, provides a better approach to radiological and surgical interventions in cases of nephrectomies, renal tumors, transplants and renal vascular disorders. In this milieu, present case is being reported to highlight multiple variations in renal vascular pattern. There was left sided accessory renal artery originating from aorta along with unusually long and little tortuous principal renal artery. There was hilar congestion due to complex arrangement of unusually long pre-hilar portion of segmental veins draining into short renal vein. On the right side extra-hilar (aberrant) renal arteries combined with complex branching pattern of renal arteries was observed in a 40 years old male cadaver, detected during dissection performed in routine gross anatomy course.
