title: Unilateral multicystic dysplasia in 1 component of a horseshoe kidney: case reports and review of the literature.
abstract: We report on 3 pediatric patients with multicystic dysplasia involving 1 component of a horseshoe kidney. Including our cases, 18 cases of unilateral multicystic dysplasia in a horseshoe kidney have been reported. The clinical, radiological and pathological features of these cases are briefly reviewed. The association of multicystic dysplastic kidney and horseshoe kidney presents a unique diagnostic challenge. Because of the rarity of unilateral multicystic dysplasia in a horseshoe kidney and the size of the dysplastic component, which crossed the midline in our patients, we chose to excise that component. Cross-sectional imaging techniques, that is computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging, were helpful in diagnosis and in planning operative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Borer
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Glassberg
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Kassner
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Schulsinger
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Mooppan
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D007690:Polycystic Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed