[Abdominal stab wound involving a horseshoe kidney]. / Traumatismo abdominal por arma blanca con afectación de riñón en herradura.

Abdominal stab wounds represent approximately 7% of abdominal injuries in our environment. However, renal involvement in these cases is relatively uncommon (2% of visceral lesions). We present a case of a stab wound in the anterior abdominal wall. In addition to intestinal lesions, the injury produced a lesion in a horseshoe kidney, a relatively uncommon malformation of the urinary system (1/400 individuals). Despite the rarity of this occurrence, when dealing with an emergency affecting a malformed kidney, knowledge of the inherent peculiarities of these defects is essential for the appropriate management of these patients.

Traumatismo abdominal por arma blanca con afectación de riñón en herradura / Abdominal stab wound involving a horseshoe kidney

La herida abdominal por arma blanca supone aproximadamente el 7% de los traumatismos abdominales en nuestro medio; sin embargo, la afectación renal es relativamente infrecuente en estos casos (2% de las lesiones viscerales). Se presenta un caso clínico en que una herida por arma blanca en la pared abdominal anterior produjo, además de lesiones intestinales, una lesión renal que afectaba a un riñón en herradura, malformación del sistema urinario relativamente infrecuente (1/400 individuos). A pesar de la rareza de esta eventualidad, ante una urgencia que comprometa a un riñón malformado puede ser de capital importancia conocer las peculiaridades inherentes a estas malformaciones, lo que sin duda va a permitir un correcto manejo de estos pacientes (AU)

Abdominal stab wounds represent approximately 7% of abdominal injuries in our environment. However, renal involvement in these cases is relatively uncommon (2% of visceral lesions). We present a case of a stab wound in the anterior abdominal wall. In addition to intestinal lesions, the injury produced a lesion in a horseshoe kidney, a relatively uncommon malformation of the urinary system (1/400 individuals). Despite the rarity of this occurrence, when dealing with an emergency affecting a malformed kidney, knowledge of the inherent peculiarities of these defects is essential for the appropriate management of these patients (AU)