title: [A case of angiomyolipoma in a horseshoe kidney].
abstract: The patient was 52 years old. She had undergone a breast cancer operation 4 years before this visit. On computed tomography (CT), a left renal tumor in a horseshoe kidney was incidentally pointed out. CT scan showed a 1.8-cm enhanced tumor in the upper pole of the left kidney. It was hyperechoic on ultrasonography. Since renal cell carcinoma could not be excluded preoperatively, left partial nephrectomy was performed. Pathological diagnosis was a renal angiomyolipoma. The incidence of horseshoe kidney is 1 in 400. The occurrence of hydronephrosis, infection and calculous disease is not uncommon. However, a case of angiomyolipoma simultaneously with a horseshoe kidney is very rare, this being the 7th case in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Toyooka Hospital.
authors.forename: Harutake
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sawazaki
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Yoji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taki
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D018207:Angiomyolipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed