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Upper tract invasive urothelial carcinoma and horseshoe kidneys are familiar to the practicing urologist but relatively rare individual entities. The complication of managing them when they coexist in the same patient can be challenging. Herein, we present the first reported case in which an upper tract invasive urothelial carcinoma in a horseshoe kidney was successfully managed with a combined...

Fryns syndrome is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease, including abnormal facies, small thorax with widely spaced hypoplastic nipples, distal limb and nail hypoplasia, and diaphragmatic hernia with pulmonary hypoplasia. The aim of the present report is to increase awareness of Fryns syndrome and its association with rare abnormalities such as cecal duplication cyst, horseshoe kidney and b...

Urolithiasis in horseshoe kidney presents a unique challenge in decision-making and technical aspects of calculus treatment. We present our experience with a group of patients with symptomatic calculi in their horseshoe kidneys. We had 8 patients with 9 horseshoe kidneys bearing calculi. They all underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy. The median size of the calculi was 21 mm (range, 12 to 45 m...

Problem from eating poisonous seafood can be seen in marine medicine[1-3]. Several marine animals can be toxic. The good examples are fishes[4], mussels[5] and shellfishes[6,7]. Horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda) can be poisonous and intoxication due to intake is possible[8]. Horseshoe crab poisoning can be seen in many countries with seacoasts including China and Thailand. In animal...