Abnormal Inferior Suprarenal Artery

The subject was a white male who died of a cerebral hemorrhage at sixty-six years of age. The right internal spermatic artery, instead of having its origin from the aorta at the normal level, arose above that of the renal artery. It passed caudally between the right renal artery and the renal vein; from this point on, it had a normal descent to the testis. An anomalous vascular connection in the form of an artery 3 mm. in diameter, serving as the inferior suprarenal artery, arose from the internal spermatic artery immediately caudal to the renal vein. It passed anteriorly to the latter in its course to the suprarenal gland (Fig. 1). The right kidney was normal both in appearance and position.