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A REVIEW OF UROLOGIC SURGERY
ALBERT J. SCHOLL, M.D.;
FRANK HINMAN, M.D.;
ALEXANDER VON LICHTENBERG, M.D.;
ALEXANDER B. HEPLER, M.D.;
ROBERT GUTIÉRREZ, M.D.;
COMMANDER GERSHOM J. THOMPSON, MC;
EDWARD N. COOK, M.D.;
EGON WILDBOLZ, M.D.;
VINCENT J. O'CONOR, M.D.
Arch Surg. 1945;50(2):104-124.
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KIDNEYS
Anomalies.
—Nation1 states that renal agenesia implies the complete absence of renal tissue. The renal anlage develops in most cases, even in the absence of a ureter, but is usually absorbed unless normal fusion with the ureter occurs.
Three cases of bilateral renal agenesia from a series of 27,000 autopsies are reported. This makes the total number of reported cases 124. Besides the 3 cases described in this paper, only 3 cases in which the abnormality has been limited to the mesonephric and metanephric systems have been reported.
Twenty-seven cases of unilateral renal agenesia are cited. Fourteen of these were encountered in a series of 27,000 autopsies at the Los Angeles County Hospital, a ratio of 1 to 1,929. Five cases were found in a series of 1,831 autopsies at the Huntington Memorial Hospital, an incidence of 1 in 366 autopsies. The ratio for the combined series is
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Author Affiliations
U.S.N.R.; LOS ANGELES; SAN FRANCISCO; MEXICO, D. F., MEXICO; SEATTLE; NEW YORK; ROCHESTER, MINN.; BERNE, SWITZERLAND; CHICAGO
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This article has been released for publication by the Division of Publications of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the United States Navy. The opinions and views set forth in this article are those of the writers and are not to be considered as reflecting the policies of the Navy Department.
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