HYDRONEPHROSIS IN A HORSESHOE KIDNEY

CLINICAL CASE

  • Olivia Ștefan The Clinical Emergency Hospital for Children “Grigore Alexandrescu”, Bucharest, Romania
  • T. Enache The University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania
  • R. C. Datu The Clinical Emergency Hospital for Children “Grigore Alexandrescu”, Bucharest, Romania & The University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33695/jss.v3i2.57
Keywords: horseshoe kidney, hydronephrosis, pyeloplasty, ureteropelvic junction obstruction

Abstract

Horseshoe kidney is the most common fusion anomaly of the kidney with a prevalence of 1/400, being more frequent in males. This anomaly is characterized by malrotation, abnormal blood supply and other anatomic anomalies and has a propensity to form UPJ obstruction in up to one-third of the cases, being more common on the left side (89% of the cases). UPJ obstruction on the right side, being so rare, we report the case of a 5 years and 6 months old male patient suffering of horseshoe kidney and right side UPJ obstruction.

Published
2016-06-10
How to Cite
[1]
O. Ștefan, T. Enache, and R. Datu, “HYDRONEPHROSIS IN A HORSESHOE KIDNEY”, JSS, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 100-102, Jun. 2016.
Issue
Vol 3 No 2 (2016)
Section
Articles