Open AccessThe rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm at the level of horseshoe kidney: A case report
Author(s) -
Cumhur Yeşildal,
Abdullah Hızır Yavuzsan,
Sinan Levent Kireççi,
İsmail Koramaz,
Melek Tuğçe Yılmaz,
Ahmet Tevfik Albayrak
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
urology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2214-4420
DOI - 10.1016/j.eucr.2019.101110
Subject(s) - medicine , horseshoe kidney , abdominal aortic aneurysm , horseshoe (symbol) , surgery , kidney transplantation , emergency department , kidney , radiology , aneurysm , aortic aneurysm , general surgery , transplantation , psychiatry , programming language , computer science
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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