What is horseshoe kidney?

Also known as: super kidney, renal fusion, ren arcuatus.

Horseshoe kidney is a disorder in which the two kidneys are fused together as one at the lower end giving it a horseshoe-shaped “U” form.

It can occur alone or with other disorders, commonly genetic ones called Turner syndrome or Trisomy 18, or other abnormalities of the cardiovascular, central nervous system or urinary/reproductive, gastrointestinal or skeletal systems.

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Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP

This page was last updated on: 1/29/2019 3:21:13 PM