A Case of Right Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Horseshoe Kidney Resected Using Robot-Assisted Radical Nephrectomy

Ei Shiomi; Yuta Goto; Ayato Ito; Daiki Ikarashi; Shigekatsu Maekawa; Renpei Kato; Mitsugu Kanehira; Jun Sugimura; Wataru Obara

doi:10.1111/ases.70111

A Case of Right Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Horseshoe Kidney Resected Using Robot-Assisted Radical Nephrectomy

Asian J Endosc Surg. 2025 Jan-Dec;18(1):e70111. doi: 10.1111/ases.70111.

Authors

Ei Shiomi¹, Yuta Goto¹, Ayato Ito¹, Daiki Ikarashi¹, Shigekatsu Maekawa¹, Renpei Kato¹, Mitsugu Kanehira¹, Jun Sugimura¹, Wataru Obara¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Urology, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan.

PMID: 40592576
DOI: 10.1111/ases.70111

Abstract

Renal cancer arising in the horseshoe kidney is very rare. In the present case, a 70-year-old man with cT3aN0M0 renal cancer arising in the horseshoe kidney was treated with intraoperative camera positioning and indocyanine green and near-infrared catheter to safely perform robot-assisted radical nephrectomy, which enabled a safer and smoother procedure. These techniques are useful for robot-assisted radical nephrectomy in cases of renal cell carcinoma of the horseshoe kidney.

Keywords: ICG with the firefly system; NIRG; horseshoe kidney.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / complications
Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / surgery
Fused Kidney* / complications
Fused Kidney* / surgery
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms* / complications
Kidney Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Kidney Neoplasms* / surgery
Male
Nephrectomy* / methods
Robotic Surgical Procedures* / methods