Korean J Urol.  2011 Nov;52(11):792-794.

Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Right Malrotated Kidney

• Lim TJ
• Choi SK
• You HW
• Kim MJ
• Ahn JS
• Kim TG
• Kim JI
• Jeon SH

Abstract

The authors report a case of renal cell carcinoma in a right malrotated (horizontal axis) kidney. The patient was treated by hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy. This is the first report of a horizontal axis malrotated kidney with renal cell carcinoma.

Keyword

Carcinoma, Renal cell; Malrotation; Nephrectomy

MeSH Terms

Axis, Cervical Vertebra
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
Humans
Kidney
Nephrectomy

Figure

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  FIG. 1 Computed tomography of a horizontal axis right kidney (A) and of a renal cell carcinoma in the lower pole of the horizontal axis right kidney (B) and three-dimensional reconstruction of the kidney malrotation (C).

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  FIG. 2 Operative finding showing 4 cm sized cystic mass in the lower pole of the horizontal axis right kidney (A), gross finding of specimen (B).

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