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Renal cell carcinoma in a horseshoe kidney presenting as an acute, left sided varicocele
O S Al-Taan1, J M Featherstone, A M Rees
1Department of Urology, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, Wales, UK.
International Urology and Nephrology
|July 13, 2006
Abstract:
We present a rare case of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in a horseshoe kidney presenting as an acute left sided varicocele. A left sided varicocele is a well-described presentation of RCC, usually caused by tumour thrombus extending along the renal vein with resultant testicular vein occlusion. However, in our case a tumour in the lower pole of a horseshoe kidney caused an acute varicocele by direct involvement and occlusion of the testicular vein.

