An Autopsy Case of Horseshoe Kidney

Abstract

1) The horseshoe kidney w ith a fusion of bilateral lower poles forming the so-called isthmus was found in the cadaver of 72 year old male. 2) The position of this kidney was lower than the normal one by one vertebral body height on the right and by two vertebral body height on the left. Bilateral ureters descended the ventral side of the isthmus. 3) Abnormal arteries in this case included the a) two arteries distributing over the right kidney from the abdominal aorta, b) one artery from the abdominal aorta, a small branch from the inferior mesenteric artery and one branch (left) from the middle sacral artery distributing over the left kidney, and c) one branch (right) from the middle sacral artery distributing over the isthmus. 4) Both renal hill faced the ventral sid e, with a marked hypoplasia of the left hilus. 5) No malformations other than the horseshoe kidney were in other organs.