title: Retroaortic left renal vein: a report of six cases.
abstract: Six cases of retroaortic left renal vein have been studied, two in corpses and four by means of Computed Tomography. Any previous pathology has been rejected. The total number of dissected specimens was 116, whereas the patients with non-pathological retroperitoneum studied by CT numbered 170. In our six cases, the left renal vein formed a single trunk of considerable size, retroaortic position and directed obliquely towards the inferior vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Morphological Sciences Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martinez-Almagro
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Almenar Garcia
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Martinez Sanjuan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hernandez Gil de Tejada
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lorente Montalvo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed