Vol. 127 No. 1 (2023)
Original Article

Multiple arterial, venous and ureteric manifestations in horseshoe kidney: Developmental analysis and significance

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  • Cheryl Melovitz-Vasan,
  • Susan Huff,
  • Nagaswami Vasan
Cheryl Melovitz-Vasan
PT, DPT, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey 08103
Susan Huff
BA, Medical Education Research Collaborator and Instructional Designer, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028
Nagaswami Vasan
D.V.M., M.V.SC., Ph.D. Professor of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey 08103
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ijae-14048

Published 2023-08-28

Keywords

  • horseshoe kidney,
  • developmental analysis,
  • multiple vasculatures,
  • multiple ureters,
  • isthmus artery

How to Cite

Melovitz-Vasan, C., Huff, S., & Vasan, N. (2023). Multiple arterial, venous and ureteric manifestations in horseshoe kidney: Developmental analysis and significance. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, 127(1), 51–58. https://doi.org/10.36253/ijae-14048

Copyright (c) 2023 Cheryl Melovitz-Vasan, Susan Huff, Nagaswami Vasan

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Abstract

Horseshoe kidney (HSK), the most common type of congenital renal fusion anomaly, is characterized by ectopia, malrotation, and altered vascular changes. Horseshoe kidney in this case is atypical because of multiple ureters, arteries, and veins, as well as how they originated and formed. During the routine dissection of 83-year-old male donor who died of respiratory failure, we observed the presence of horseshoe kidney in which the lower lobes of the left and right kidneys were connected by an isthmus below the level of inferior mesenteric artery (IMA). Furthermore, the presence of arterial, venous, and ureteric anomalies was also observed; these were sequentially dissected and are described here.

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