Horseshoe kidney with stones

Case contributed by Ahmed Abdrabou , 10 Jun 2013
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Craig Hacking, 26 May 2020

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Horseshoe kidneys are the most common type of renal fusion anomaly and render render the kidneys susceptible to trauma and are an independent risk factor for the development of renal calculi and transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis.

  • -<p><strong style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Horseshoe kidneys</strong> are the most common type of renal fusion anomaly and render the kidneys susceptible to trauma and are an independent risk factor for the development of <a href="/articles/renal-calculi" title="renal calculi" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">renal calculi</a> and <a href="/articles/transitional-cell-carcinoma-of-the-renal-pelvis" title="Transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis" style="color: rgb(45, 83, 154); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis</a>.</p>
  • +<p><a title="Horseshoe kidneys" href="/articles/horseshoe-kidney">Horseshoe kidneys</a> are the most common type of renal fusion anomaly and render the kidneys susceptible to trauma and are an independent risk factor for the development of <a href="/articles/renal-calculi">renal calculi</a> and <a href="/articles/transitional-cell-carcinoma-renal-pelvis">transitional cell carcinoma of the renal pelvis</a>.</p>

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