Bennani S, Touijer A, Aboutaieb R, el Mrini M, Benjelloun S
Service d'Urologie, CHU Averroès, Casablanca, Maroc.
Ann Urol (Paris). 1994;28(5):254-7; discussion 258.
The authors report the various therapeutic modalities of uropathies associated with horseshoe kidney, based on a series of 20 pathologic horseshoe kidneys, associated with 12 cases of renal stones, 5 ureteropelvic junction obstructions, 3 kidney tumors, 2 cases of pyonephrosis and finally 1 traumatic horseshoe kidney. The specific anatomic and surgical features of this uncommon malformation are emphasized and the therapeutic features of each uropathy associated with horseshoe kidney are discussed.
