Horseshoe kidney (HSK) is a common congenital kidney anomaly that is encountered frequently by urologists. It is  rare  for  HSK  to  be  affected by  xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XGP), a  potentially life-threatening condition. The standard of care for XGP is open nephrectomy, but recently a few case reports have been pub-lished showing the feasibility of minimally invasive surgery to deal with XGP. We present a case of HSK affected by XGP treated successfully with modified laparoscopic transperitoneal heminephrectomy. The rarity of such a combination, the modified approach, and the successful outcome encouraged us to report it. 

Title

Urology Case Reports

Publisher

Elsevier

Publisher Country

Netherlands

Indexing

Scopus

Impact Factor

None

Publication Type

Online only

Volume

38

Year

2021

Pages

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