title: An unusual renal vascular anomaly: common origin of arteries to the lower poles demonstrated by a computed tomography angiography using 16-slice multidetector computed tomography.
abstract: Arterial connection between the left and right kidneys is extremely rare. Only eight cases of such anomalous conditions have been reported in the world literature and all were confirmed by invasive angiography or dissection. We report a patient with this vascular anomaly clearly demonstrated by 16-slice multidetector computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Toride Kyodo General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan. kenshimada@mse.biglobe.ne.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kijima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hanafusa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shibuya
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed