title: Renal cell carcinoma in a horseshoe kidney and preoperative superselective renal artery embolization: a case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Chungnam, Korea. radiology@dankook.ac.kr
authors.forename: Tae-Hoon
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000628:therapy; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery