Horse-Shoe Kidney

Horse-Shoe Kidney

Nephrolithiasis of the Horse-Shoe Kidney

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in Horse- shoe Kidney

Results: Sixteen (76.16%) subjects were man and 5 (23.80%) were women, with the mean age of 35 ± 12 years. Mean stone size was 37.2 ± 16.6 mm. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy was performed because of the stone size (over 20 mm) in 18 (85.68%) and failed SWL in 3 (14.28%). Stone numbers were more than one in 18 (85.68%) subjects, and were in the pelvis and at least one calyx. The most common access...

Calculus Hydronephrosis in a Horse-Shoe Kidney

The following case appears to be worthy 01 record on account of the rarity of renal stones in females and also because of the condition revealed afterwards. The patient, a Hindu child-widow, aged about 40 years, was admitted to the Java Arogya Hospital, Gwalior, on 8th March, 1931, complaining of a tumour in the abdomen of four months' duration. There was nothing of note in the personal history...

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis in a horse-shoe kidney.

Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGPN) represents an unusual suppurative granulomatous reaction to chronic infection, often in the presence of chronic obstruction from a calculus. We present a case of XGPN in a horse shoe kidney in an adult. Hemi-nephrectomy of the involved side was followed by clinical improvement. The case highlights the importance of early hemi-nephrectomy in XPGN with ho...