Morphometric and quantitative analysis of theafferent renal artery variation
Braz. j. morphol. sci
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30(2): 82-85, 2013. ilus, tab, graf
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in English
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ABSTRACT
The kidney is a retroperitoneal organ that weight from 125 to 170 g in the adult men and 115to 155 g in adult women. Irrigation kidney is characterized by the presence of large anatomical variability thatmay be influenced by ethnic and to a lesser extent by gender. Among the variations, there may be the presenceof an accessory renal artery that is projected into the upper or lower end of the kidney. This research aimsto observe the incidence of anatomical variations of the afferent renal artery and quantify both right and leftkidney weight.Materials and Methods:We analyzed kidney weights and accessory renal artery variations in48 adult kidneys of both genders obtained from Institute of Anatomy of the University of Severino Sombra.Subsequently, we compared the mean weights of kidneys in order to ascertain whether there was significantdiscrepancy between the left and the right kidney. For this, we performed the Student t test considering aP < 0.05.Results:The mean weight of the right kidney was 140.4 ± 22.6 g and the left was 148.8 ± 20.5 g.In 40% of right kidneys was observed anatomic variation with the presence of accessory renal artery. To the leftkidney was observed a variation of 35%.Conclusion:We found that the accessory renal artery, when present,was more closely related to the end of the kidney especially in the right kidney.
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Main subject:
Organ Size
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Renal Artery
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Evaluation Studies as Topic
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Evaluation studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. morphol. sci
Journal subject:
Anatomy
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Federal University of Ouro Preto/BR
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Severino Sombra University/BR
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