title: Abnormal course of left testicular artery in relation to an abnormal left renal vein: a case report.
abstract: The testis is an important organ upon which the survival of the human species depends. Any compression of testicular artery may lead to loss of gametogenesis and hormone production. We found a left testicular artery entrapped between two divisions of a left renal vein in an approximately 50 year old cadaver. The left renal vein was formed by union of two veins coming from the kidney, left suprarenal vein, left testicular vein and an abnormally enlarged lumbar vein. This case may be of particular importance to surgeons who transplant kidneys, radiologists and orthopaedic surgeons dealing with the spine repairs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal Campus, International Centre for Health Sciences, Udupi District, Karnataka State, India. nayaksathish@yahoocom
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Satheesha
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply*