CLINICAL CASE

Laparoscopic resection of the horseshoe kidney for renal cell carcinoma

Muradyan AG1,4, Vorobyev NV2, Kostin AA3,4, Tolkachev AO2, Volchenko NN5, Popov SV4, Mamontova IS6
About authors

1 Department of Urology and Surgical Nephrology, Medical College,
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

2 Oncourology Department,
Hertzen Moscow Cancer Research Institute, a branch of the Medical Radiological Research Centre, Moscow, Russia

3 Department of Urology, Oncology and Radiology, Faculty of advanced training for health workers,
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia

4 Medical Radiological Research Centre, Moscow, Russia

5 Department of Oncocytology,
Hertzen Moscow Cancer Research Institute, a branch of the Medical Radiological Research Centre, Moscow, Russia

6 Department of radiology,
Hertzen Moscow Cancer Research Institute, a branch of the Medical Radiological Research Centre, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Avetik Muradyan
ul. Miklukho-Maklaya, d. 8, Moscow, Russia, 117997; moc.liamg@naydarumdm

Received: 2016-02-29 Accepted: 2016-04-04 Published online: 2017-01-05
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Fig. 1. Sections of the arterial phase of spiral CT scan of the abdominal cavity. (A) Tumor in the right half of the horseshoe kidney (arrow) on the border between the upper and middle third. (B) Isthmus of the horseshoe kidney (arrow) at LII level
Fig. 2. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the kidneys and great vessels using spiral computed tomography scan. (A) Tumor in the right half of the horseshoe kidney (arrow). (B) Isthmus of the horseshoe kidney (arrow)
Fig. 3. Surgery stages. (A) Imposition of clamp in the renal blood vessels. (B) Tumor in the right half of the horseshoe kidney. (C) Site of the removed tumor. (D) Sealing of kidney injury. (E) Appearance of resected kidney. (F) Covering of the kidney injury with hemostatic mesh
Fig. 4. (A) Macropreparation on a section. (B) Micropreparation with hematoxylin staining, x10. (C) Micropreparation with eosin staining, x40
Brief description of clinical cases of laparoscopic resection of a horseshoe kidney for renal cell carcinoma (according to scholarly literature)