Bilateral Double Kidney With Duplication of Ureters
Authors: Robert M. Lintz
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1932)

Article1 January 1932Bilateral Double Kidney With Duplication of UretersROBERT M. LINTZ, M.D.ROBERT M. LINTZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-5-7-924 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAnomalies of the various parts of the body are not infrequent, but with the exception of those of the spine those occurring in the genito-urinary tract are most often noted.1One of the rather frequent anomalies of the genito-urinary tract is that of double kidney with duplication of renal pelves and of the ureters. Young and Davis2state that theconditionof double kidney and ureter is not so rare, but that therecognitionof the condition is extremely rare. They believe that anomalies of the kidney and ureter are much more frequent than is generally appreciated and that among...References1 POTTERSEXTON RPWG: Anomalies of ureters and kidney pelves, Radiology, 1929, XII, 199-206. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 YOUNGDAVIS HHEG: Double ureter and kidney, with calculous pyonephrosis of one-half; cure by resection; the embryology and surgery of double ureter and kidney, Jr. Urol., 1917, I, 17-32. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 THOMPSON AR: Congenital deformities of upper urinary tract, being a continuation of previous papers on horse-shoe kidney and solitary kidney, Guy's Hosp. Rep., 1929, LXXIX, 351-364. Google Scholar4 MAUCLAIRESÉJOURNET MP: Duplicité incomplete de l'uretère droit, Bull. et mém. Soc. anat. de Paris, 1910, LXXXV, 963-965. Google Scholar5 WAGNER P: Angeborene Missbildungen der Nieren, Nierenbecken, und Harnleiter, Handbuch. d. Urol., 1904, II, (Frisch und Zuckerkand) Alfred Holder, Vienna. Google Scholar6 POIRIER P: Sur quelques phénomènes consécutifs aux injections urétérales, Compt. rend. Soc. de biol., 1891, 9s, III, 585-587. Google Scholar7 BOSTROEM E: Beiträge zur pathologischen Anatomie der Nieren, 1884, I, Berlin und Tübingen, J. C. B. Mohr, Freiburg. Google Scholar8 BRAASCHSCHOLL WFAJ: Pathological complications with duplication of renal pelvis and ureter (double kidney), Jr. Urol., 1922, VIII, 507-546. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 HARPSTERBROWNDELCHER CMTHHA: Abnormalities of kidney and ureter; a case of double kidney and double ureter with a review of literature, Jr. Urol., 1922, VIII, 459-490. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 MERTZ HO: Bilateral duplication of the ureters with a compilation of recorded cases, Urol. and Cutan. Rev., 1920, XXIV, 636-640. Google Scholar11 PAPINEISENDRATH EDN: Classification of renal and ureteral anomalies, Ann. Surg., 1927, LXXXV, 735-756. Google Scholar12 BUGBEELOSEE HCJR: The clinical significance of congenital anomalies of the kidney and ureter; with notes on the embryology and fetal development of the kidney, Surg., Gynec. and Obst., 1919, XXVIII, 97-116. Google Scholar13 HARRIS A: Interesting anomaly of complete duplication of ureters and renal pelvis with review of literature, Urol. and Cutan. Rev., 1929, XXXIII, 300-302. Google Scholar14 KELLYBURNAM HACF: Disease of the kidneys, ureters and bladder; with special reference to the disease in women, 1914, D. Appleton and Co., New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, N. Y.*Received for publication, May 8, 1931. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byReduplication of the Renal Pelvis and Ureter 1 January 1932Volume 5, Issue 7Page: 924-931KeywordsKidneysSpineUreter ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...