Severe calcification in a horseshoe kidney. A case report.
Marked calcification in a horseshoe kidney of a Black patient in terminal renal failure is described. The role of pyelonephritis in producing the severe calcification in a horseshoe kidney is discussed. One of the complications of a horseshoe kidney is renal stone.
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications