Abdominal aortic aneurysm and renal cell carcinoma in the presence of crossed fused renal ectopia
Chloé Moran, Zeeshan Kazmi, Stephen Ball · 2026
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Chloé Moran, Zeeshan Kazmi, and Stephen Ball report in 2026 a patient they believe is the first ever logged with three major conditions at once. He had a swollen belly aorta, a kidney cancer, and kidneys fused together on one side of the body. Each condition alone is a known problem in blood vessel or urinary surgery. Aneurysm and kidney cancer are also often spotted by chance on scans.
The fused kidney layout made standard planning impossible. Its blood supply and anatomy follow no normal map. Surgeons therefore joined open repair of the aneurysm with removal of part of the fused kidney in one operation. The case gives surgical teams a reference point. It helps them weigh a joined operation against staged ones, when rare anatomy meets two common but serious diagnoses.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chloé Moran, Zeeshan Kazmi, Stephen Ball |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 15636 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |