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Adenocarcinoma on horseshoe kidney studied with computed tomography.

Authors :
Maccioni F
Stasolla A
D'Aprile MR
Binda B
Izzo L
Marini M
Source :
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR [J Exp Clin Cancer Res] 2002 Dec; Vol. 21 (4), pp. 613-6.
Publication Year :
2002

Abstract

Horseshoe kidney is a congenital anomaly of the upper urinary system frequently associated with atypical vascularization, mostly asymptomatic, usually undetected until the onset of infectious, obstructive or neoplastic complications. Although intravenous pyelography and US are useful tools, the role of CT is of vital importance especially in the pre-operative planning of related complications and in those cases where other techniques have correctly diagnosed the disease but have missed the visualization of an underlying malformation. We report here two cases of adenocarcinoma in two patients with a horseshoe kidney, where CT has clearly depicted both the malformation and the associated pathologic findings.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0392-9078
Volume :
21
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
12636110