[Renal cell carcinoma in a horseshoe kidney: a case report]

Hinyokika Kiyo. 2009 Oct;55(10):611-3.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 59-year-old man visited another hospital with a chief complaint of malaise. Radiological examinations revealed a renal cell carcinoma associated with horseshoe kidney. He was referred to our hospital. The patient was successfully treated with open partial nephrectomy following isthmus division. Histological findings exhibited grade 2, pT1a, clear cell type, renal cell carcinoma. He is free of disease at twelve months after the operation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / complications*
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / complications*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Kidney* / abnormalities
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephrectomy