Department of Radiodiagnosis, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Pan Afr Med J. 2022 Jun 14;42:116. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.42.116.31632. eCollection 2022.
Horseshoe kidney is a renal fusion anomaly during embryogenesis and adult polycystic kidney disease is a hereditary disorder which is transmitted in autosomal dominant pattern. Polycystic and horseshoe kidney are two separate disease entities, only about 20 cases of polycystic kidney disease in horseshoe kidney disease have been described in the literature, with an incidence ranging from 1 in 134 000 to 1 in 8 000 000 live births. We are presenting ultrasound findings of a patient who was incidentally diagnosed with polycystic horseshoe kidney on routine screening.
马蹄肾是胚胎发育过程中的一种肾脏融合畸形，而成人多囊肾病是一种常染色体显性遗传疾病。多囊肾和马蹄肾是两种独立的疾病实体，文献中仅描述了约 20 例多囊肾病合并马蹄肾病例，发病率为每 134000 至 8000000 例活产儿 1 例。我们现介绍一位患者的超声检查结果，该患者在常规筛查中偶然诊断出多囊性马蹄肾。
