Horseshoe kidney is the most common renal fusion anomaly found in about 0.15% to 0.25% of the population. Renal cell carcinoma associated with a horseshoe kidney has been described in fewer than 200 cases. Its incidence and prognosis seems to be not different from those of the general population, but surgical management may be challenging due to unique anatomic features of horseshoe kidneys, su...

A 32-year-old man was examined for primary infertility. Ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) abdomen scans showed the presence of polycystic horse shoe kidney (Figure 1). CT abdomen revealed cysts in liver and seminal vesicles (Figure 2). There were bilateral ureteric calculi. There were no cysts in the pancreas or spleen. His serum creatinine level was 0.9 mg/dL (79.6 mmol/L). The patient h...

Duplication anomalies are quite common with ureteral duplication anomalies being the most frequent. Despite the relatively frequent incidence of a horseshoe kidney and duplication anomalies in any individual patient, the combination of horseshoe kidney and bilateral ureteric duplication is a very rare entity and very few cases have been reported to date. We present a case of a patient with a no...

OBJECTIVE We report a clinical case of renal carcinoma in horseshoe kidney and some anatomical particularities during surgery. METHODS We describe the case of a 54 year old man who presented pain and prostatism. A renal tumor in horseshoe kidney was found in the diagnostic tests. RESULTS We performed surgical treatment saving the left kidney . CONCLUSIONS Horseshoe kidney is the most freq...

Horseshoe kidney is the most common of all renal fusion anomalies, occurring in approximately 0.25% of the general population. Horseshoe kidney with only a single ureter is a rare anomaly. A 60-year-old man was admitted to hospital for routine health screening. His family history was negative for kidney diseases, and there was no abnormality in his physical examination. A computed tomography (C...

Introduction. Horseshoe kidney is a congenital anomaly that presents unique challenges for the transplant surgeon. The mere presence of horseshoe kidney should not preclude consideration for transplantation. Case Report. A 33-year-old women suffering from end-stage renal disease underwent deceased donor renal transplant with a divided horseshoe kidney. We present a postoperative complication an...

Aim: To present a very rare case of bilaterally-complicated horseshoe kidney by nephrolithiasis in a patient with situsinversus with levocardia and skeletal anomalies. Case Report: A 41-year-old female presented by right loin pain. Abdominal ultrasound showed bilateral kidney stones with malrotation, right mild hydronephrosis and transposition of the abdominal organs. Chest X-ray showed the hea...

Horseshoe kidney is a relatively common renal anomaly with which many structural and developmental anomalies have been shown to be associated. However, there are only a few case reports regarding the association of membranous glomerulonephritis and focal sclerosing glomerulonephritis in patients with horseshoe kidneys. We report a girl who was evaluated for hematuria and proteinuria, and found ...

The horseshoe kidney is a congenital fusion anomaly of the kidneys with an incidence of 0.25% in the general population. We present an anatomical and histological study of a horseshoe kidney with abnormal vascular supply found during a routine dissection at a formalin-fixed male human body at the School of Medicine of the University of Caxias do Sul. This horseshoe kidney was joined at the lowe...

T common anatomic variation of the kidney is the horseshoe kidney, with an incidence of 1 in 400 to 800. According to Eurotranspant data, more then one third of horseshoe kidneys from deceased donors were discarded. However, successful transplantation both en bloc and split kidneys had been described. The incidence suggests that there might be potential living donors with this anatomy. Here, we...