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Gac Med Mex 2005; 141 (4)

A case of renal cell carcinoma in horseshoe kidney.

Otero-García JM, Maldonado-Alcaraz E, López-Sámano VA

Language: Spanish
References: 11
Page: 305-308
PDF size: 53.29 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Horseshoe kidney has a frequency of 1 in 1000 renal paiss. Diseases in this type of kidneys have anatomical particularities that should be taken into account during surgery. We present the case of a renal cell carcinoma in this type of renal fusion.


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