Nephrectomy for a Polycystic Horseshoe Kidney with Successful Cadaver Renal Allograft

Polycystic Horseshoe Kidney: A Rare Coexistence as a Challenge for the Surgeons. Case Report

“…Considering the rarity of the concomitant polycystic and horseshoe kidney, there is no sufficient consensus for this disease. In 1965, Trapp et al reported the first documented case of nephrectomy for polycystic horseshoe kidney [5]. Through the literature, fewer than thirty cases have been reported since then.…”

“…In 1965, Trapp et al . reported the first documented case of nephrectomy for polycystic horseshoe kidney [ 5 ]. Through the literature, fewer than thirty cases have been reported since then.…”

Polycystic horseshoe kidney

“…Rathburn on reviewing the literature prior to 1924, found three cases of polycystic kidney amongst 108 cases of horseshoe kidney. 4 Boatmen et al noted one polycystic kidney in a review of 96 horseshoe kidney patients. 5 Dalgaard noted one case of horseshoe kidney in his study of 284 patients with polycystic kidneys.…”

Decision making in pretransplant nephrectomy for polycystic kidneys, is it valid for horseshoe kidneys?

“…Two arteries supplied the right and one the left side, whereas a branch coming from the right common iliac artery supplied the isthmus. Horseshoe kidney is the most common renal fusion anomaly with an estimated incidence of 1/400 to 1/800 [12–14]. ADPKD has an estimated incidence of 1/250 to 1/5000 [13,14].…”