[Renal cell carcinoma in a horseshoe kidney with abdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report]

We herein report a case of renal cell carcinoma in a horseshoe kidney with an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a 69-year-old man. Radiological examinations showed a left renal tumor, horseshoe kidney and abdominal aortic aneurysm. We performed a left radical nephrectomy with the division of the isthmus and artificial graft through an abdominal transperitoneal approach. Histological findings revealed clear cell type renal cell carcinoma without invasion of the capsule or renal pelvis. Only 31 cases of renal cell carcinoma in a horseshoe kidney have been reported in Japan, and our case is the 32nd. No case with abdominal aortic aneurysm has been reported previously. We assume that abdominal aortic aneurysm was associated with renal cell carcinoma by chance in the horseshoe kidney in this case. The arterial and venous supplies vary from case to case. We emphasize that arteriography and venography are very important preoperative procedures.