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3-dimensional reconstruction of contrasted renal MRA. (a) Left anterosuperior oblique view showing bilateral accessory renal arteries arising above the main renal arteries (b) Right oblique view demonstrating the right renal accessory artery. (Arrowhead = accessory renal artery; closed arrow = main renal artery; open arrow = renal vein)
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Renal magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) showed normal renal arteries bilaterally but bilateral accessory renal arteries were seen superior to the main renal arteries (Fig. 1).
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Renal MRA. MR angiography of the renal arteries in a 40-year-old woman with hypertension and secondary hyperaldosteronism demonstrating a nonstenotic left accessory renal artery. (Arrowhead = accessory renal artery; closed arrow = main renal artery)
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However a small accessory left renal artery was seen 1 cm above the origin of the left main renal artery supplying the upper pole (Fig. 2).