VENA RENAL IZQUIERDA RETRO-AÓRTICA. Retro-aortic left renal vein

Retro-Aortic Left Renal Vein

Retro-aortic, left inferior renal capsular vein.

In our case report, abdominal multi-detector computed tomography was used for the pre-operative anatomy evaluation in a living kidney donor. The early phase of the test revealed normal kidneys in the donor. The vascular phase detected a venous variant on the left side: An inferior renal capsular vein, which had a loop and a retro-aortic course. This preoperative knowledge was crucial for the la...

The double retro-aortic left renal vein

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 ma...

Retro-aortic left renal vein with left suprarenal vein draining into inferior vena cava

Introduction Variant patterns of arteries and veins are seen more frequently in abdomen than in any other part of the body. A knowledge of different types of variations depicted by renal and suprarenal veins is extremely important in exploration and treatment of renal trauma, renal transplantation, renovascular aneurysm and conservative or radical renal surgery [1–3]. The different patterns of ...

Oblique Retro-Aortic Left Renal Vein and its Clinical Importance.

Kidneys are the organs that remove the waste products of the metabolic activities. A smooth blood flow to the kidneys is essential to maintain their function. Abnormalities of the renal vasculature may result not only in impairing the renal function but can lead to conditions like varicocele. During an autopsy of an adult male, we observed renal vascular variations. The left renal vein had a re...