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An Unusual Case of Right and Left Testicular Arteries Arching over the Left Renal Vein
Author(s) -
NATHAN HILEL,
TOBIAS PHILIP V.,
WELLSTED MICHAEL D.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1976.tb02998.x
Subject(s) - left renal vein , medicine , anatomy , gauche effect , cardiology , inferior vena cava
An unusual case in which both testicular arteries arched over the left renal vein is described. A developmental explanation for the unusual vascular pattern is given. The possible importance of this and similar anomalies in the causation of varicocoele and orthostatic proteinuria is discussed.