caa a22 4500 463199286 CHVBK 20180406164931.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00276-007-0232-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00276-007-0232-2 Unusual origin and course of the testicular arteries [Elektronische Daten] [Halil Acar, Fatih Yazar, Hasan Ozan] Background: The testicular arteries usually arise from the anterolateral aspect of the abdominal aorta just inferior to the renal arteries at the level of the second lumbar vertebra. However, they may also originate from the renal artery, middle suprarenal artery, one of the lumbar arteries, common or internal iliac artery, or the superior epigastric artery. Methods: An unusual origin of the right testicular artery and an unusual course of the left one were observed during routine dissection of the retroperitoneal space of a 43-year-old male cadaver. Results: The right testicular artery originated from the inferior segmental branch of the right renal artery. After the left testicular artery originated from the anterolateral surface of the abdominal aorta just inferior to the left renal artery it was located between the left renal vein and the left renal artery and descended anterior to the renal vein. Thereafter it coursed on its normal route distally with the testicular vein. Conclusions: Awareness of variations of the testicular arteries, such as that shown in this case, is important during surgical and radiological procedures pertaining to kidney. Springer-Verlag, 2007 Kidney nationallicence Renal artery nationallicence Testicular artery nationallicence Anatomy nationallicence Variation nationallicence Acar Halil Department of Anatomy, Ankara University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut Yazar Fatih Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey aut Ozan Hasan Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey aut Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/7(2007-10-01), 601-603 0930-1038 29:7<601 2007 29 276 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0232-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0232-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Acar Halil Department of Anatomy, Ankara University School of Medicine, Sihhiye, 06100, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yazar Fatih Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ozan Hasan Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/7(2007-10-01), 601-603 0930-1038 29:7<601 2007 29 276 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer