Endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in patient with horseshoe kidney: a case report.
Horseshoe kidney is a rare congenital anomaly that may cause various technical problems during conventional repairs of abdominal aortic aneurysms. We report the case of a 68-year-old woman with a horseshoe kidney, symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm and mild renal failure. The patient underwent endovascular repair using a bifurcated endoprosthesis. The postoperative was uneventful. We describe the diagnosis and the endovascular technique and literature review.
Saadi
Eduardo Keller
EK
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. esaadi@terra.com.br
Dussin
Luiz Henrique
LH
Moura
Leandro de
Ld
Zago
Alcides José
AJ
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods