Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: October | Volume: 9 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 170-174
Variation in Renal Blood Supply and Its Clinical Significance- A Case Report
Dr. Surendra Chaudhary1, Dr. Uma B. Gopal2, Dr. Prasanna S3, Dr. Jeevan Kumar Giri1
1PG Scholars, 2Professor, 3Associate Professor,
Department of Rachana Sharir, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Ayurveda and Hospital Hassan, Karnataka, India.
Corresponding Author: Dr. Surendra Chaudhary
ABSTRACT
Variations in the arterial blood supply of kidney are becoming much important due to increasing number of surgical interventions related to kidney and adnexa. Generally each kidney is supplied by a single renal artery, arising from lateral sides of abdominal aorta and entering it through hilum. Presence of extra renal arteries is accountable in cases of renal pathologies, radiological diagnostic procedures, renal transplant, urological and other surgical approaches. A case of anatomical variation of renal blood supply in bilateral kidneys was noted during routine dissection of a 63 year old male cadaver at Department of Rachana Sharir, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Ayurveda and Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka, India. Arising from the abdominal aorta, the right variant renal artery was entering the substance of right kidney through its lower pole while the left variant renal artery was entering the respective kidney through hilum. This case report will make the academicians, physicians, radiologists, surgeons aware about the possible presence of variations in blood supply of kidneys.
Key words: kidney, accessory renal artery, extra renal artery, variant renal artery, renal transplant