Bailey R R, Shand B I, Walker R J
Department of Nephrology, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand.
Nephron. 1995;70(1):104-5. doi: 10.1159/000188552.
A 33-year-old man with dystrophia myotonica presented with erythrocytosis and an increased plasma erythropoietin concentration. Investigations showed a horseshoe kidney, one moiety of which was grossly hydronephrotic. Fluid aspirated from the latter had a similar erythropoietin concentration to that in plasma. Following partial nephrectomy, the hematocrit and plasma erythropoietin concentration returned to normal.
