Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Unilateral non-rotated left kidney with vascular and ureter variations in a cadaver: a unique case report with embryological and educational aspects

Rim esquerdo unilateral sem rotação com variações vasculares e de ureter em cadáver: relato de caso com aspectos embriológicos e educacionais

Kusum Gandhi; Judith Jaison; Eti Mantri

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Abstract

Abstract: The kidneys and ureters are retroperitoneal structures in the upper part of the paravertebral gutters, tilted against the structures on the sides of the lowest two thoracic and upper three lumbar vertebrae, so that their anterior and posterior surfaces face antero-laterally and postero-medially, respectively. Congenital anomalies of the urinary tract are often the underlying cause of renal pathologies; 40% of these pathological conditions are due to variations in location, shape, and size of the kidney(s), calyces, ureter, or bladder. This case report describes the presence of a unilateral non-rotated left kidney with vascular and ureter variations found during routine cadaveric dissection for medical graduates. Alterations in rotation of the kidney and its relation to structures at the hilum have great clinical significance when conducting surgical procedures like partial nephrectomy, nephron sparing surgery, and renal transplantation.

Keywords

kidney, non-rotation, ureter, renal arteries, partial nephrectomy

Resumo

Resumo: Os rins e o ureter são estruturas retroperitoneais localizadas na parte superior do sulco paravertebral, inclinados contra as estruturas laterais das duas vértebras torácicas inferiores e das três vértebras lombares superiores. Assim, as superfícies anteriores e posteriores estão nas porções anterolateral e posteromedial, respectivamente. As anomalias congênitas do trato urinário frequentemente são causas subjacentes de patologias renais, e 40% delas ocorrem devido a variações no local, formato e tamanho dos rins, cálices, ureter ou bexiga. Este relato de caso descreve a presença de rim esquerdo unilateral sem rotação com variações vasculares e de ureter encontradas durante uma dissecção de cadáver rotineira com graduandos de Medicina. As alterações na rotação do rim e a sua relação com as estruturas no hilo têm grande importância clínica durante procedimentos cirúrgicos como a nefrectomia parcial, a cirurgia poupadora de néfrons e o transplante renal.
 

Palavras-chave

rim, sem rotação, ureter, artérias renais, nefrectomia parcial

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Submitted date:
08/21/2020

Accepted date:
10/05/2020

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