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| Prenatal Ultrasound of Horseshoe Kidney : A Case Report |
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| Hoo Hwa Kim, M.D., Young Hwa Kim, M.D., Dong Han Bae, M.D.＊, Hye Kyung Lee, M.D.,＊＊ |
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| Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Soonchunhyang University Chonan Hospital Department of Diagnostic Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University Chonan Hospital＊ Department of Diagnostic Pediatrics, Soonchunhyang University Chonan Hospital＊＊ |
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| A horseshoe kidney occurs in 0.2 to 1 percent of autopsies, as such, represents a common anomaly. It is a result of fusion of the upper or lower pole of the kidneys occurring between 4 and 6 weeks of fetal development, before the kidneys have migrated upward and rotated on their long axis. In this report, we present prenatal ultrasonographic findings of an isolated horseshoe kidney. |
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| Keyword : Kidney, abnormalities Kidney. US |
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Journal of Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 1998 ; 17 (2) : p.165-168
