THE UNILATERAL FUSED KIDNEY
- 21 June 1924
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 82 (25) , 2025-2027
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1924.02650510025008
Abstract
Of congenital renal anomalies, the unilateral fused kidney is probably the rarest. Hunter,1in 1785, presented the first authentic case, and since then scattered reports appeared in the literature, which were reviewed by Stein.2The rarity of the condition may be surmised from the fact that of thirty-four renal anomalies found by Stewart and Lodge3in 6,500 necropsies, only one unilateral fused kidney was encountered. Morris,4in 15,908 necropsies, also found only one case. The greatest majority of the unilateral fused kidneys were discovered on necropsy, the patients having died from some other causes, while in a few instances the condition was found on the operating table. Colmers5was the first to recognize the anomaly in a living patient by double ureteral catheterization and pyelography. Since then five more cases were reported by Stein6(one case); Bugbee and Losee7(two cases), and, moreKeywords
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- On unilateral fused kidney and allied renal malformationsBritish Journal of Surgery, 1923