Medical Science
Volume 25, Issue 108, February, 2021
Solitary precaval right renal artery: A cadaveric case report and review
Mohammed H Karrar Alsharif1,2,3♦, Nagi M Bakhit2, Mamoun A Alfaki1,3, Nadia O Elamin4, Juman M Almasaad2,4, Abubaker Y Elamin3,5,
Khalid M Taha6,7, Mohammed A Noureddin8, Salah Eldein Hassan Aloub9,10
1Department of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine,
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 11942, KSA.
2Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of
Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Atakum, Samsun,
Turkey.
3Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, National
University, Khartoum, Sudan.
4Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine,
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences,
Jeddah, KSA.
5Emergency Medical Specialist Department, Al-Ghad
International Colleges for Applied Medical Sciences, Medina,
KSA.
6Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, El Deain
University, El Deain, Sudan.
7Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
8Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam
bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj 11942, KSA.
9College of Medical Radiological Science, Sudan University of
Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
10Radiological Sciences Department, Al-Ghad International
Colleges for Applied Medical Sciences, Medina, KSA.
♦Corresponding author
Department of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine,
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 11942,
Saudi Arabia; Email: dr.anatomy83@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
2Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Atakum, Samsun, Turkey.
3Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, National University, Khartoum, Sudan.
4Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, KSA.
5Emergency Medical Specialist Department, Al-Ghad International Colleges for Applied Medical Sciences, Medina, KSA.
6Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, El Deain University, El Deain, Sudan.
7Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
8Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj 11942, KSA.
9College of Medical Radiological Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
10Radiological Sciences Department, Al-Ghad International Colleges for Applied Medical Sciences, Medina, KSA.
Department of Basic Medical Science, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia; Email: dr.anatomy83@yahoo.com
This study reports an extremely rare morphology and branching pattern of the right renal artery. During our routine dissection of a
52-year-old male body cadaver, we observed that the right kidney was receiving a single main renal artery, which passed anterior
to the inferior vena cava (Perceval); the artery also, has a unique origin (the abdominal aorta). We think comprehensive knowledge
of renal vascular abnormalities will enhance the proper interpretation of radiological images and enable safer interventions such as
retroperitoneal surgical and urological procedures. Familiarity with the renal vascular anomalies would also be of particular
importance during endovascular embolization, stent placement procedures, and surgical treatment of aortic aneurysms and renovascular
hypertension treatment.
Keywords: Single Precaval, Renal artery, Kidney, Precaval
Medical Science, 2021, 25(108), 347-352
