title: The sub-peritoneal arterial plexus of Sir William Turner.
abstract: Sir William Turner (1832-1916) was Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh. His classic paper of 1863 on the anastomoses between the parietal and visceral branches of the abdominal aorta, later known as the sub-peritoneal arterial plexus of Turner, has mostly been forgotten. Located in the retroperitoneum and surrounding the kidneys and other adjacent structures, this plexus is an important route of collateral circulation. In the current paper, we discuss the sub-peritoneal arterial plexus as described by Turner in 1863 and review the literature concerning its potential clinical significance in the kidney, emphasizing its probable role in the metastatic spread of various tumors of abdominal organs and in the continuing viability of the kidney after renal artery occlusion. A biographical sketch of Sir William Turner is also presented.
authors.affiliation: Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. shoja.m@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mohammadali M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shoja
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: Marious
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loukas
authors.forename: Ghaffar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shokouhi
authors.forename: Kamyar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghabili
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Agutter
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D001158:Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000098:blood supply; D004739:England; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D050152:Intra-Abdominal Fat / Q000098:blood supply; D007668:Kidney / Q000098:blood supply*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D010537:Peritoneum