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What Are The Complications Of Horseshoe Shaped Kidney?

My 3 yr old daughter has been diagnosed with Horse shoe shaped kidney with no other severe health complaints. Please let me know how severe is this anamoly and what care sholu we care to avoid further complicatios?

shraddham u. mahajan
Pune
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Mon, 7 Dec 2015
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ello
Thanks for query .
Horseshoe kidney is common congenital kidney anomaly found in one in 1000 cases .
The common complications that these children suffer are infection due to improper drainage of the urine from kidney in to ureter due to angulation of ureter over isthmus of the kidney
2) Stone formation .This is also common complication these patients are likely to land in .

Please observe that she drinks adequate water and get her urine routine analysis done to avoid getting UTI .

Doing ultrasound scanning at regular interval ( every year) helps to confirm/rule out stone formation so that appropriate measures can be taken in time ..

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What Are The Complications Of Horseshoe Shaped Kidney?

ello Thanks for query . Horseshoe kidney is common congenital kidney anomaly found in one in 1000 cases . The common complications that these children suffer are infection due to improper drainage of the urine from kidney in to ureter due to angulation of ureter over isthmus of the kidney 2) Stone formation .This is also common complication these patients are likely to land in . Please observe that she drinks adequate water and get her urine routine analysis done to avoid getting UTI . Doing ultrasound scanning at regular interval ( every year) helps to confirm/rule out stone formation so that appropriate measures can be taken in time .. Dr.Patil.