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Adult polycystic kidney disease is transmitted in autosomal dominant pattern with a reported incidence of 1 in 1000 to 1 in 5000 cases. Horseshoe kidney is a renal fusion anomaly with an incidence of 1 in 400 to 1 in 1800 live births. Polycystic horseshoe kidney is a rare occurrence of 1 in 134,000 to 1 in 8,000,000. We here present a patient who was admitted with left-sided flank pain, hypertension and polycystic horseshoe kidney.
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Turkish Journal of Nephrology
Volume / Issue
Volume 18 · Issue 2
Pages
87-89
History
Published Online
February 13, 2019
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2009 Turkish Journal of Nephrology
Affiliations
Alper KIRKPANTUR
GATA Nefroloji BD, Ankara, Türkiye
Bülent ALTUN
Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Nefroloji BD, Ankara, Türkiye
Mahmut İlker YILMAZ
GATA Nefroloji BD, Ankara, Türkiye
Müjdat YENİCESU
GATA Nefroloji BD, Ankara, Türkiye
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KIRKPANTUR, A., ALTUN, B., YILMAZ, M. İlker, & YENİCESU, M. (2019). A Hypertensive Patient With Polycystic Horseshoe Kidney. Turkish Journal of Nephrology, 18(2), 87–89. Retrieved from https://www.turkjnephrol.org/index.php/pub/article/view/665
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