Volume : 7, Issue : 6, June - 2018

Accessory Renal Artery: A Case Report

Diksha Agarwal, Kumari Sandhya

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;The present case was found during routine dissection in the Anatomy Department of RIMS Ranchi. Usually kidney is</p> <div>supplied by one renal artery and drained by one renal vein. But here left kidney received three renal arteries, all of</div> <div>which took their origin from abdominal aorta directly.1st artery (LRA1) arose from the anterolateral border of the abdominal aorta.</div> <div>Immediately after its origin it gave left inferior suprarenal artery and passed towards hilum. Inside hilum it turned downward with a tortuous</div> <div>course and supplied anterior segment. 2nd anch (LRA2) took origin from posterolateral border of abdominal aorta and passed posteriorly</div> <div>where it gave two segmental anches LRA2b1 and LRA2b2 just before hilum. 3rd anch (LRA3) originated from anterolateral border of</div> <div>abdominal aorta. It gave one capsular anch and then continued towards inferior segment.</div>