Coexistence of multiple arterial variations in the genitourinary system.

Variations in the renal, adrenal and testicular arteries are of clinical significance as well as anatomical and embryological interest. The present case report describes the incidental finding of unilateral multiple renal arteries on the right side with bilateral variant testicular arteries, which had not been reported so far. These variations were observed during routine dissection of the abdominal region in an Iranian cadaver. The upper supplementary renal artery branched from the abdominal aorta and sent superior suprarenal artery to the adrenal gland. The lower supplementary renal artery arose from the main renal artery. Both additional arteries entered the kidney proximal to its hilum. The right testicular artery supplied the right suprarenal gland by an unusual branch. Double testicular arteries were seen on the left side with a relatively high origin from abdominal aorta. The objective of this report is to supplement the knowledge of vascular variations in the renal, suprarenal and testicular arteries that could be quite useful from a clinical point of view.

[1]  Seyed Hadi Anjamrooz.  Biceps sternalis: a Y-shaped muscle on the anterior chest wall , 2013, Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

[2]  Seyed Hadi Anjamrooz,et al.  Coexistence of multiple anomalies in the hepatobiliary system , 2012, Anatomy & Cell Biology.

[3]  Seyed Hadi Anjamrooz,et al.  Abnormal patterns of the renal veins , 2012, Anatomy & cell biology.

[4]  A. Raikos,et al.  High origin of a testicular artery: a case report and review of the literature , 2011, Journal of medical case reports.

[5]  B. K. Potu,et al.  Multiple variations of the urogenital vascular system in a single cadaver: a case report , 2008, Cases journal.

[6]  Nayak Bs.  Multiple variations of the right renal vessels. , 2008 .

[7]  B. Nayak.  Multiple variations of the right renal vessels. , 2008, Singapore medical journal.

[8]  L. Oğuzkurt,et al.  Renal artery origins and variations: angiographic evaluation of 855 consecutive patients. , 2006, Diagnostic and interventional radiology.

[9]  M. Rusu.  Human bilateral doubled renal and testicular arteries with a left testicular arterial arch around the left renal vein. , 2006, Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologie.

[10]  M. Loukas,et al.  Rare case of right accessory renal artery originating as a common trunk with the inferior mesenteric artery: A case report , 2005, Clinical anatomy.

[11]  Y. Martin-Bouyer,et al.  Variations in arterial blood supply and the risk of hemorrhage during percutaneous treatment of lesions of the pelviureteral junction obstruction: report of a case of testicular artery arising from an inferior polar renal artery , 2005, Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy.

[12]  K. Khamanarong,et al.  Anatomy of renal arterial supply , 2004, Clinical anatomy.

[13]  M. Sargon,et al.  High origin and unusual suprarenal branch of a testicular artery , 2001, Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy.

[14]  L. DiDio,et al.  Anatomical variations of the human suprarenal arteries. , 2000, Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft.

[15]  G. Singh,et al.  Bilateral accessory renal arteries associated with some anomalies of the ovarian arteries: A case study , 1998, Clinical anatomy.

[16]  D. Dunn,et al.  Short- and Long‐Term Outcomes of Kidney Transplants with Multiple Renal Arteries , 1995, Annals of surgery.

[17]  S. Onderoglu,et al.  Unusual branching and course of the testicular artery. , 1993, Annals of anatomy = Anatomischer Anzeiger : official organ of the Anatomische Gesellschaft.

[18]  T. Nakatani,et al.  Case with a high‐positioned origin of the testicular artery , 1990, The Anatomical record.

[19]  K. Kumamoto,et al.  Rare case of the inferior mesenteric artery arising from the superior mesenteric artery , 1987, The Anatomical record.

[20]  H. Notkovich.  Variations of the testicular and ovarian arteries in relation to the renal pedicle. , 1956, Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics.