Adrenal gland hypertrophy in a case of homolateral renal agenesis: case report with special emphasis on adrenal blood supply.
Hypertrophic suprarenal gland is an anomaly which can lead to serious complications during adrenalectomy under endoscopy because of abnormal veins of the retroperitoneum. The authors report a rare dissection of a male which presented with this anomaly in a case of homolateral renal agenesis, highlighting this left pseudorenal vein. No abnormality of the genital tract was found. The anatomic features, associated syndromes, implications for endoscopic surgery are outlined and embryologic considerations and discussed.
Peltier
Johann
J
Laboratoire d'Anatomie et d'Organogénèse, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens Cedex, France. jojo.peltier@caramail.com
Demondion
Xavier
X
Baroncini
Marc
M
Wavreille
Guillaume
G
Fontaine
Christian
C
Drizencko
Antoine
A
Mauroy
Brigitte
B
Le Gars
Daniel
D
Francke
Jean-Paul
JP
D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male