title: Experience of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient having crossed ectopia with fusion anomaly of the kidney.
abstract: We report a case of surgically treated abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in a patient having crossed ectopia with fusion anomaly of the kidney. One artery from the abdominal aorta above the aneurysm supplies the right kidney while three renal arteries (two from the aneurysm itself and one from the left common iliac artery) supply the crossed ectopic kidney. Preoperative imaging to define the arterial and collecting systems along with a detailed planning of the operation is essential to prevent ischemic renal injury as well as ureteral injury during AAA repair.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Ulsan College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. twkwon2@amc.seoul.kr
authors.forename: Tae Won
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Kyu-Bo
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Geun-Eun
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male