HORSESHOE KIDNEY
By: Cecilia Lau
Summer 2010
KIDNEY
•Normal fetal development
•kidneys move into their normal
position in the flank area (above the
waist)
•Horseshoe Kidney
•kidneys rise from the pelvic area,
they fuse together at the lower end
or base, forming a "U" shape at the
isthmus
•1/3 of individuals
•cardiovascular system
•CNS
•genitourinary system
HORSESHOE KIDNEY
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most common disorders seen with horseshoe
kidney
Turner syndrome
 Trisomy 18
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COMPLICATIONS
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kidney stones
hydronephrosis
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Symptoms
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abdominal mass, poor weight gain, decreased urination,
urinary tract infection
Wilm's tumor
renal cancer
hydrocephaly and/or spina bifida
various cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, or
skeletal problems
agonizing flank pain
Restlessness, sweating, nausea and/or vomiting,
blood in urine, urinary frequency, chills, fever,
cloudy urine
1/3 asymptomatic
DIAGNOSIS
renal
ultrasound
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●voiding
cystourethrogram
(VCUG)
●blood
tests
●urine
tests
●intravenous
pyelogram (IVP)
TREATMENT
No symptoms
 Supportive treatment:
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age, overall health, and medical history
 the extent of the disease
 antibiotics (to treat an underlying infection)
 surgical intervention (for symptomatic kidney stones)
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MG
THANK YOU!