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ALBERT J. SCHOLL, M.D.; FRANK HINMAN, M.D.; ALEXANDER von LICHTENBERG, M.D.; ALEXANDER B. HEPLER, M.D.; ROBERT GUTIERREZ, M.D.; LIEUTENANT COMMANDER GERSHOM J. THOMPSON, MC; EDWARD N. COOK, M.D.; EGON WILDBOLZ, M.D.; VINCENT J. O'CONOR, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1944;49(1):59-74.

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KIDNEY

Anomaly.

—Jacobs¹ describes an unusual type of horseshoe kidney, which presents different features from those of the usual form of this anomaly, and places it in the group of unsymmetric horseshoe kidneys. The patient, a woman aged 45, had suffered from recurrent attacks of abdominal pain characteristic of "horseshoe kidney disease" and had undergone appendectomy previously without benefit. The right ureter could be catheterized up to 20 cm., at which point the catheter stopped. A retrograde pyelogram of the right side showed an elongated boat-shaped pelvis lying over the body of the fifth lumbar vertebra, with calices projecting upward, downward and laterally from both extremities of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
U.S.N.R.; LOS ANGELES; SAN FRANCISCO; MEXICO, MEXICO; SEATTLE; NEW YORK; ROCHESTER, MINN.; BERNE, SWITZERLAND; CHICAGO

Footnotes
The opinions and the assertions contained herein are the private ones of the various writers and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department or the naval service at large.

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