The double retro-aortic left renal vein / 대한해부학회지
Anatomy & Cell Biology
;
: 282-284, 2012.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-179881
ABSTRACT
The renal veins drain the kidney into the inferior vena cava and unite in a variable fashion to form the renal vein. The left renal vein is normally located in front of the aorta. However, the retro-aortic renal vein may course posterior to the aorta due to embryological developmental anomalies. During educational dissection, a rare variation of the left renal vein was found in a 66-year old male cadaver. The double retro-aortic renal veins coursed behind the aorta to drain into the inferior vena cava. The superior retro-aortic renal vein drained into the inferior vena cava at the lower border of the L2 vertebra, and the inferior retro-aortic renal vein drained into the inferior vena cava at the upper border of the L4 vertebra. Such a variant is rare, and is a clinically important observation which should be noted by vascular surgeons, oncologists, and traumatologists.
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Main subject:
Aorta
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Renal Veins
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Spine
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Vena Cava, Inferior
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Cadaver
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Kidney
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Anatomy & Cell Biology
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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