Presentation
Right flank pain for months. Abnormal right kidney on ultrasound.
Patient Data
Age: adult
Gender: Female
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From the case:
Renal cell carcinoma in a horseshoe kidney
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5 cm right renal cell carcinoma with a horseshoe kidney.
Case Discussion
Although renal tract malignancies are more common in horseshoe kidneys, renal cell carcinoma is not one of them. The incidence is no different to a normal kidney. Horseshoe kidney is the common renal fusion anomaly, within a wide spectrum of known developmental renal anomalies.