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Published on: July 23, 2009
A staged repair of crossed fused renal ectopia with complex abdominal aortic and iliac aneurysms
Mary Teresa O'Donnell1, John Maddox1, Gary Wind2
1Department of Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
Abstract:
Crossed fused renal ectopia in the presence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) is a rare challenge to therapy. A 68-year-old man had a 6.9-cm AAA, a 6.6-cm left common iliac aneurysm, and a 3.2-cm right internal iliac aneurysm. He had multiple comorbidities and a right-sided crossed fused kidney supplied by two small renal arteries arising from the AAA. Aortorenal bypass with staged endovascular aneurysm repair was used to treat the aneurysmal disease. Two-stage open aortorenal bypass followed by endovascular repair for complex aneurysms is feasible in the rare patient with such a congenital anomaly.

