All issues > Volume 31(2); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(2):276-281. Published online February 28, 1988.

Five Cases of Horseshoe Kidney.

Yong Sil Chi¹, Pyung Kil Kim¹, Jae Seung Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Received: August 20, 1987;

Abstract

Horseshoe kidney is the most common type of fusion anomaly during renal development. We report 5 cases of horseshoe kidney who were diagnosed at the pediatric department of Yonsei Medical Center, from February 1971 to December 1986. The summary of the study is as follows; 1) The age were variable from 1 day to seventeen years, 3 boys and 2 girls were affected. 2) As for the clinical symptoms at presentation, pain, urinary tract infection and abdominal mass were noted. 3) Among the associated anomalies, the genitourinary tract anomalies were noted in 3 cases, and other cases had multiple congenital anomalies. We could not find any case of Turner syndrome. 4) As for the diagnosis, most valuable method was IVP. 5) As for the treatment, surgical treatment was done in 2 cases with hydronephrosis and urinary tract infection.

Keywords :Horseshoe Kidney