PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Osman Sulak
AU  - Soner Albay
AU  - Suleyman M. Tagil
AU  - Mehmet A. Malas
TI  - Ovarian arteries with bilateral unusual courses
DP  - 2005 Sep 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1456--1458
VI  - 26
IP  - 9
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/26/9/1456.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/26/9/1456.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2005 Sep 01; 26
AB  - Bilateral unusual coursed ovarian arteries were found in a 45-year-old female cadaver. The ovarian arteries arose from the abdominal aorta at a level inferior to the corpus of L1 vertebra bilaterally. The right ovarian artery was coursing behind the inferior vena cava. The left one was coursing between the left renal artery and vein upward to the level of the inferior part of the body of Th12 vertebra. At the level of Th12 vertebra, it turned caudally and proceeded downward between the anterior-inferior and posterior segmental renal veins. On both sides, ovarian arteries were on their normal routes below the L2 vertebra accompanying the ovarian veins. The variation determined by this study would reduce possible complications of nephrectomy operations that urologists, gynecologists and other related surgeons may encounter.