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Testicular Artery Arising from an Accessory Renal Artery

  • Anatomy & Biological Anthropology
  • Abbr : Anat Biol Anthropol
  • 2026, 39(1), pp.73~76
  • DOI : 10.11637/aba.2026.39.1.73
  • Publisher : 대한체질인류학회
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Anatomy
  • Received : December 16, 2025
  • Accepted : March 1, 2026
  • Published : March 31, 2026

성광환 1 서다빈 1 박현호 1 Dusan Baek 1 손윤혁 1 Je-Sung Lee 1 Kwak Hyun Ho ORD ID 1

1부산대학교 치의학전문대학원

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ABSTRACT

During routine cadaveric dissection of a 90-year-old Korean male, a rare vascular anomaly was identified in which the right testicular artery originated from a right accessory renal artery. The accessory renal artery arose from the abdominal aorta below the main renal artery, coursed anterior to the inferior vena cava, and entered the kidney through the renal hilum to supply the inferior renal segment. No typical testicular artery origin from the abdominal aorta was observed on the right. This variation is embryologically attributable to persistence of transitory vessels during kidney ascent. Awareness of such anomalies is important during urologic and retroperitoneal surgical procedures to prevent inadvertent vascular injury. This case adds to the limited data on testicular artery variations in the Korean population.

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