Open AccessAn unusual origin of supernumerary renal arteries: case report
Author(s) -
Asala Sa,
Nyota Masumbuko-Kahamba,
Mubarak A. Bidmos
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v78i12.8942
Subject(s) - medicine , supernumerary , anatomy , cadaver , renal artery , dissection (medical) , radiology , kidney
Patent left and right supernumerary inferior polar renal arteries were found in a dissection room cadaver. Both arteries originated from the left common iliac artery. This is an unusual form of origin of these arteries in the presence of an apparently normal ascent and position of the two kidneys.