A new distinctive variation of renal arterial vascularization.
In addition to the usual renal arteries, a bilateral artery branching from the aorta was found connecting the aorta to both kidneys in an 82 year-old Caucasian man. By creating an additional blood supply to the kidneys this artery may have had an effect on renal perfusion.
Zhao
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Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Germany.
Sidiropoulos
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Peuker
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Korfsmeier
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012079:Renal Circulation; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply