Left Renal Vein Compression and Horseshoe Kidney: An Extraordinary Association.
OBJECTIVE
Our aim was to report the importance of an awareness of renal artery variations if surgical procedures are indicated in this region. Presentation and Intervention: A 41-year-old female patient was admitted to our hospital for preoperative staging of the rectum carcinoma. A computed tomography (CT) scan clearly revealed the presence of normally positioned small right and left renal arteries, and a large aberrant renal artery originating from the distal abdominal aorta in a case with a horseshoe kidney (HSK). A multidetector CT angiography was performed using a 256-detector row CT scanner to obtain an image of vascular structures and associated pathologies.


CONCLUSIONS
In this patient with HSK, the left renal vein compression was unusual and the CT examination provided a good delineation of vascular and urinary tract anomalies.
Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey.
Bulent
B
Guvendi
Hayri
H
Ogul
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D000069337:Fused Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*