What is a horseshoe kidney?
Most people have two separate kidneys which each have a single tube (ureter) that connects to the bladder. This tube drains urine from the kidney into the bladder from where you pass urine.
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In some pregnancies, the kidneys do not develop normally. One such variation is known as a horseshoe kidney.
A horseshoe kidney means that, instead of having two separate kidneys on each side of the body, the two kidneys are joined by their lower parts forming a U-shaped or horseshoe kidney.
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