Horseshoe kidney and aortic surgery.

Full Abstract

A case of a 50-year-old woman with aortoiliac arteriosclerosis and an associated horseshoe kidney is presented. The diagnosis of this unusual combination was made prior to surgery; reconstruction was done by a Dacron bifurcation prosthesis. Ultrasonography, intravenous pyelography and aortography is important for "surgical planning".

Author information

Author/s: Wymenga, L F (LF); vd Tol, A (A); van Dop, H R (HR);

Affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Martini Hospital (loc v Swieten), Groningen, The Netherlands.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Review

Journal: Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology (Scand J Urol Nephrol), published in SWEDEN. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1995-Sep; vol 29 (issue 3) : pp 331-4

Dates: Created 1996/03/14; Completed 1996/03/14; Revised 2005/11/16;

PMID: 8578278, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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