Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The fused part is the isthmus of the horseshoe kidney. The abnormal anatomy can affect kidney drainage resulting in increased frequency of kidney stones and urinary tract infections as well as increase risk of certain renal cancers. [1] Fusion abnormalities of the kidney can be categorized into two groups: horseshoe kidney and crossed fused ...
Most people with horseshoe kidney are asymptomatic, although it does predispose someone to certain complications like hydronephrosis, backup of urine due to an obstructed ureter. Also, having a horseshoe kidney is associated with kidney stones, infection, and chromosomal disorders like Turner syndrome, trisomy 13, 18, and 21.
In a coronal plane, both moieties may be visible, but in axial sections, one of the moieties may lack visible renal sinus structures, creating the faceless kidney sign. Horseshoe kidney : A condition in which the lower poles of both kidneys are fused. The fusion alters the normal position of the collecting system, which may cause the absence of ...
English: What is horseshoe kidney? Horseshoe kidney, or sometimes renal fusion, is where the two kidneys fuse together into one kidney sometime during development. As it migrates up into the abdomen, it gets held up on the inferior mesenteric artery. This video describes the pathophysiology, as well as other diseases associated with horseshoe ...
Duplicated ureter or duplex collecting system is a congenital condition in which the ureteric bud, the embryological origin of the ureter, splits (or arises twice), resulting in two ureters draining a single kidney. It is the most common renal abnormality, occurring in approximately 1% of the population.
The development of the kidney proceeds through a series of successive phases, each marked by the development of a more advanced kidney: the archinephros, pronephros, mesonephros, and metanephros. [1] The pronephros is the most immature form of kidney, while the metanephros is most developed. The metanephros persists as the definitive adult kidney.
Among the anomalies of kidney development are hypoplasia and dysplasia of the kidneys (dysplasia can be unilateral or bilateral), agenesis (absence) of one or both kidneys, polycystic kidney disease, simple renal cysts, perirenal pseudocysts, doubled or tripled renal arteries, malposition of the kidneys, horseshoe kidney and nephroblastoma. [184]
Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is a condition that results from the malformation of the kidney during fetal development. The kidney consists of irregular cysts of varying sizes. Multicystic dysplastic kidney is a common type of renal cystic disease, and it is a cause of an abdominal mass in infants. [5]