Health05 Jan 2010 09:36 am
In low position of both kidneys and fusion of their lower poles a horsechoe kidney forms; the siteof their fusion, the isthmus, lies directly on the spine. The kidney of an adult, which retains a position characteristic of a child’s kidney, remains on a high level and its whole anterior surface is in contact with the anterior abdominal wall (a child’s position). A case with a double-chamber bladder has been described . When the hip bones fail to unite in the region of the pubic symphysis, the bladder may remain exposed (ectopia vesicae). In males this anomaly is often attended with abnormal opening of the urethra openis, the condition is called epispadias or hypospadias. ICD 10 Coding will teach all these.
