Kapoor Rakesh, Maheshwari Ruchir, Srivastava Aneesh, Sharma Raj K
Department of Urology, Center of Renal Sciences, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow - 226 014, India.
Indian J Urol. 2010 Apr;26(2):289-91. doi: 10.4103/0970-1591.65406.
During evaluation of a partial Siamese twin for removal of nonviable parasitic part in an 8-year-old male child, a fully functional kidney was found. The functional status of the extra kidney was found to be within acceptable limits for the purpose of transplant, which was subsequently done in a 24-year-old patient with end-stage renal disease. The recipient is healthy 19 months after the surgery. The possibility of using organs from a partial Siamese twin makes this a unique case report.