Abdominal aortic aneurysm associated with horseshoe kidney.
The optimal approach to abdominal aortic aneurysm with horseshoe kidney is still debated. We describe a successful abdominal aortic aneurysm repair through a left retroperitoneal approach in a 77-year-old woman with a horseshoe kidney.
Division of Cardiovascular, Thoracic and Pediatric Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. yujirokawanishi@hotmail.com
Yujiro
Y
Kawanishi
Hiroshi
H
Tanaka
Keitaro
K
Nakagiri
Teruo
T
Yamashita
Kenji
K
Okada
Yutaka
Y
Okita
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*