Bilateral squamous cell carcinoma in horse shoe kidney

Urol Case Rep. 2024 Feb 29:53:102695. doi: 10.1016/j.eucr.2024.102695. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Abstract

To present a patient with horseshoe kidney and bilateral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) which has not been reported so far. A 61-year-old woman presented with abdominal mass and recent episodes of gross hematuria. Imaging revealed malignant lesion of lower calyces of the right kidney and isthmus of horse-shoe kidney with midline crossing to the left side. Finally, the patient underwent bilateral enbloc radical nephroureterectomy and pathology evaluation was compatible with bilateral squamous cell carcinoma. This is the first report of bilateral SCC in horseshoe kidney which was managed via open enbloc radical nephroureterectomy.

Keywords: Horseshoe kidney; Kidney anomaly; Kidney neoplasm; Squamous cell carcinoma.

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