title: Bilateral triple renal arteries.
abstract: We report an atypical case of a 53-year-old male with the presence of six renal arteries (RAs) (bilateral triple) found incidentally on multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography, which was used to investigate peripheral vascular disease of the lower limbs. The distance between the extreme points of RAs origin from abdominal aorta (AA) was in right 4.42 cm, and in left 2.40 cm. The distance between the extreme points of penetration into the renal parenchyma was in right 2.01 cm, and in left 2.56 cm. On each side, the endoluminal diameter at the origin of the main RA (in right 0.54 cm, and in left 0.42 cm) was significantly larger in comparison with the other additional renal arteries (AdRAs) (in right 0.21-0.29 cm, in left 0.24-0.35 cm); however, the AdRAs were much longer (in right 7.42-10.82 cm, in left 5.90-6.85 cm) than the main RA (in right 6.21 cm, in left 5.73 cm). All the four AdRAs were hilar RAs. Knowledge of this anatomical variation should not be ignoring when planning the adequate interventional radiological and surgical procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania; gratianmiclaus@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Graţian Dragoslav
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Miclăuş
authors.forename: Petru
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matusz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology