Accessory Renal Artery: A Case Report

Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

Diksha Agarwal, Kumari Sandhya

The present case was found during routine dissection in the Anatomy Department of RIMS Ranchi. Usually kidney is

supplied by one renal artery and drained by one renal vein. But here left kidney received three renal arteries, all of

which took their origin from abdominal aorta directly.1st artery (LRA1) arose from the anterolateral border of the abdominal aorta.

Immediately after its origin it gave left inferior suprarenal artery and passed towards hilum. Inside hilum it turned downward with a tortuous

course and supplied anterior segment. 2nd anch (LRA2) took origin from posterolateral border of abdominal aorta and passed posteriorly

where it gave two segmental anches LRA2b1 and LRA2b2 just before hilum. 3rd anch (LRA3) originated from anterolateral border of

abdominal aorta. It gave one capsular anch and then continued towards inferior segment.