The rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at the level of horseshoe kidney: A case report

Kidney anomalies are always a challenge even for the most experienced vascular and urologic surgeons in the reconstruction of the abdominal aortic segment. In the literature, the most common anomalies of the kidney are the horseshoe kidney. THE CASE: A 77-year-old male headed to the emergency depart...

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Autores principales: Yesildal, Cumhur, Yavuzsan, Abdullah hizir, Kirecci, Sinan Levent, Koramaz, Ismail, Yilmaz, Melek, Albayrak, Ahmet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Functional Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7066202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32181142
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101110
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Sumario:Kidney anomalies are always a challenge even for the most experienced vascular and urologic surgeons in the reconstruction of the abdominal aortic segment. In the literature, the most common anomalies of the kidney are the horseshoe kidney. THE CASE: A 77-year-old male headed to the emergency department with complaints of acute abdominal pain and sudden onset of fatigue. The enhanced CT-scan performed and the horseshoe kidney with the ruptured aortic aneurysm seen. The cardiovascular and transplantation surgery team decided to perform explorative surgery.

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