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The horseshoe kidney (↑) is a congenital anomaly, at which kidneys are united by the isthmus in the region of lower poles. There are two variants of coalescence: median or symmetrical (most common) and lateral or asymmetrical.
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The horseshoe kidney (↑) is a congenital anomaly, at which kidneys are united by the isthmus in the region of lower poles. There are two variants of coalescence: median or symmetrical (most common) and lateral or asymmetrical. This condition is associated with high probability of traumatic damage, development of Wilms tumors, renal cell carcinomas, vesicoureteral reflux, and urolithiasis.
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Yudin, A. (2014). Horseshoe Kidney. In: Metaphorical Signs in Computed Tomography of Chest and Abdomen. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04013-4_61
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