TY - JOUR T1 - A review of urologic surgery AU - SCHOLL AJ, JUDD E, KEYSER LD, FOULDS GS, VERBRUGGE J, KUTZMANN AA Y1 - 1929/11/01 N1 - 10.1001/archsurg.1929.01150050153013 JO - Archives of Surgery SP - 922 EP - 942 VL - 19 IS - 5 N2 - KIDNEY  Anomalies.  —Kimbrough1 reported a case of carcinoma of a horseshoe kidney occurring in a man, aged 35 years. Cystoscopic examination did not show anything of a pathologic nature in the bladder. A specimen from the left ureteral orifice was bloody, and one from the right was clear. Catheters were passed to the pelvis of the kidney without difficulty. A pyelogram revealed that the right ureter entered the pelvis laterally and was somewhat dilated. The calices pointed toward the median line and the pelvis was dilated. The left kidney was over the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae. During general examination a palpable mass was felt in the left side of the abdomen above the crest of the ilium. The mass was smooth, firm and slightly movable, and was posterior to the descending colon. It had an excursion of 1 cm. with respiration. The preoperative diagnosis was congenital anomaly, probably SN - 0272-5533 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1929.01150050153013 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1929.01150050153013 ER -