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Fused ureters in patient with horseshoe kidney and aortic abdominal aneurysm
Horseshoe kidney (HSK) is a very common developmental abnormality in the kidney. They are associated with abnormalities like multiple renal arteries, abnormal position of the ureter in the renal pelvis and highly placed ureteropelvic junction. These can result in urological complications. However, t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25433080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju113 |
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author | Obidike, Stephen Woha, Akeh Aftab, Fuad |
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description | Horseshoe kidney (HSK) is a very common developmental abnormality in the kidney. They are associated with abnormalities like multiple renal arteries, abnormal position of the ureter in the renal pelvis and highly placed ureteropelvic junction. These can result in urological complications. However, the ureters run their separate course and empty individually into the urinary bladder. Surprisingly, anatomical anomalies do occur and can lead to unexpected findings on investigation or surgical treatment. Such anomalies can present diagnostic and management challenges to unsuspecting clinicians. This report deals with one of such anomalies that seem not to have been reported before in the literature. This case is a rare finding of fused ureters over the renal isthmus in a patient with HSK who also has aortic abdominal aneurysm (AAA). Simultaneous occurrences of HSK and AAA have been reported severally in the past, and the authors are paying attention on the ureteral anomaly. |
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spelling | pubmed-42466802014-12-01 Fused ureters in patient with horseshoe kidney and aortic abdominal aneurysm Obidike, Stephen Woha, Akeh Aftab, Fuad J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Horseshoe kidney (HSK) is a very common developmental abnormality in the kidney. They are associated with abnormalities like multiple renal arteries, abnormal position of the ureter in the renal pelvis and highly placed ureteropelvic junction. These can result in urological complications. However, the ureters run their separate course and empty individually into the urinary bladder. Surprisingly, anatomical anomalies do occur and can lead to unexpected findings on investigation or surgical treatment. Such anomalies can present diagnostic and management challenges to unsuspecting clinicians. This report deals with one of such anomalies that seem not to have been reported before in the literature. This case is a rare finding of fused ureters over the renal isthmus in a patient with HSK who also has aortic abdominal aneurysm (AAA). Simultaneous occurrences of HSK and AAA have been reported severally in the past, and the authors are paying attention on the ureteral anomaly. Oxford University Press 2014-11-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4246680/ /pubmed/25433080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju113 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2014. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Obidike, Stephen Woha, Akeh Aftab, Fuad Fused ureters in patient with horseshoe kidney and aortic abdominal aneurysm |
title | Fused ureters in patient with horseshoe kidney and aortic abdominal aneurysm |
title_full | Fused ureters in patient with horseshoe kidney and aortic abdominal aneurysm |
title_fullStr | Fused ureters in patient with horseshoe kidney and aortic abdominal aneurysm |
title_full_unstemmed | Fused ureters in patient with horseshoe kidney and aortic abdominal aneurysm |
title_short | Fused ureters in patient with horseshoe kidney and aortic abdominal aneurysm |
title_sort | fused ureters in patient with horseshoe kidney and aortic abdominal aneurysm |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4246680/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25433080 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rju113 |
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