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An Accessory Renal Artery Originating from the Testicular Artery, a Rare Variant

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Renal artery variations including their source, number, and course are very common. Accessory renal arteries were discovered frequently on the left side; these arteries entered the upper or lower poles of the kidney. The present cadaver showed a testicular artery origin of the accessory renal artery, which was seldomly described previously.

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  1. Department of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, First People’s Hospital, Jining, Shandong, 272000, China

    Qing hua Mao

  2. Department of Anatomy, Academy of Basic Medicine, Jining Medical University, Shandong, 272067, China

    Jing Li

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Mao, Q.h., Li, J. An Accessory Renal Artery Originating from the Testicular Artery, a Rare Variant. Indian J Surg 77, 549–550 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-015-1346-0

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