Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Horseshoe Kidney and Preoperative Superselective Renal Artery Embolization: A Case Report.
- Author:
Tae Hoon KIM
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Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Kidney abnormalities; Interventional procedure
- MeSH: *Renal Artery; Middle Aged; Male; Kidney Neoplasms/complications/*therapy; Kidney/*abnormalities; Humans; *Embolization, Therapeutic; Carcinoma, Renal Cell/complications/*therapy; Abnormalities/therapy
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2005;6(3):200-203
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Only rarely is renal cell carcinoma encountered in a horseshoe kidney. This is a case report on renal cell carcinoma in a horseshoe kidney, in which superselective renal artery embolization was performed preoperatively. CT and digital subtraction angiography revealed a horseshoe kidney with a 3-cm tumor in the left side. Superselective renal artery embolization of the tumor was performed as a prerequisite procedure for the organ-preserving surgery of simple enucleation. Preoperative superselective renal artery embolization can be an effective tool to facilitate organ-preserving surgery in a horseshoe kidney.
