Anatom3DRenal veins
Venae renales · Ledvinné žíly
Veins
Looks like
A wide vein leaving each kidney to join the inferior vena cava; the left is longer and passes in front of the aorta.
What it does
Returns filtered blood from the kidneys to the heart.
Keeping it well
Clots can form in nephrotic syndrome; a kidney tumour can grow into it, so in males a varicocele that appears suddenly in adulthood needs a scan.
Related conditions
- Acute kidney injury
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Chronic kidney disease
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clotting disorders (thrombophilia & APS)
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Dehydration & electrolyte disorders
- Diabetes insipidus (arginine vasopressin deficiency)
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
- Hantavirus infection
- High blood pressure
- Hydronephrosis
- Hyperparathyroidism
- IgA nephropathy
- Kidney cancer
- Kidney infection
- Kidney stones
- Lead poisoning
- Leptospirosis (Weil's disease)
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Poisoning & overdose
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Pre-eclampsia
- Renal artery stenosis
- Rhabdomyolysis
- SIADH (inappropriate antidiuretic hormone)
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Tuberous sclerosis complex
- Varicose veins
- Vesicoureteral reflux
- Wilms tumour (nephroblastoma)
- Yellow fever