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Abstract
Only rarely is renal cell carcinoma encountered in a horseshoe kidney. This is a case report on renal cell carcinoma in a horseshoe kidney, in which superselective renal artery embolization was performed preoperatively. CT and digital subtraction angiography revealed a horseshoe kidney with a 3-cm tumor in the left side. Superselective renal artery embolization of the tumor was performed as a prerequisite procedure for the organ-preserving surgery of simple enucleation. Preoperative superselective renal artery embolization can be an effective tool to facilitate organ-preserving surgery in a horseshoe kidney.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16145297 PMCID: PMC2685045 DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2005.6.3.200
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Korean J Radiol ISSN: 1229-6929 Impact factor: 3.500