The Pathological and Clinical Significance of Congenital One-Sided Kidney Defect, With the Presentation of Three New Cases of Agenesia and One of Aplasia
Authors: Carl H. Fortune
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1927)

Article1 December 1927The Pathological and Clinical Significance of Congenital One-Sided Kidney Defect, With the Presentation of Three New Cases of Agenesia and One of AplasiaCARL H. FORTUNE, M.D.CARL H. FORTUNE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-1-6-377 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCongenital one-sided kidney defect has been reported by many writers, beginning with Aristotle, because it has been considered a rare and interesting structural anomaly. Little attention was paid by the older writers to the clinical significance, probably partly because they considered the condition extremely unusual, and partly because many of the cases occurred in old people dying of other causes. 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