A 32 year-old male presented with non specific
abdominal pain for last five years, diffuse swelling lower
abdomen, and recurrent attacks of burning micturitation
and passage of stone per urethra once. Plain Xray KUB
showed multiple round to oval radio opaque shadows
suggestive of urinary stones along the upper pelvis and
lower abdomen. Ultrasonography and related
investigations(IVU) settled it as Horse shoe kidney. The
plain X-ray beautifully demonstrated as the stones
maintained the line of a horse shoe kidney.
Most of the time, a horseshoe kidney is an incidental
finding on an examination for some other condition that
the patient is having. But once it is discovered, there
are many options for imaging the anomaly. The kidneys