NOV 13, basic medical science: horseshoe kidney (congenital malformation)

  a) Reprise of material posted on November 13 in previous years ...

2020: basic medical science, gamma-rays (illustrated poem)  
2021: anagrams, Canadian scrabble-towns #13 (wordplay maps)

2022: patients and maladies, amblyopia (poem) 
2023: terminal exclamation, 'KERPLUNK' (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Nov 13, 2024):

Authors' Note: Horseshoe kidney is a relatively common congenital malformation, occurring in 1/500 individuals. Also known as renal fusion, it results from the merging of two fetal kidneys in the pelvis during the stage of embryonic organ development and consequently failing to undertake their normal upward migration. Fortunately, health consequences are usually mild, if any; occasionally, one of the ureters becomes obstructed. The abnormal structure is often discovered incidentally during procedures, e.g. CT scanning or ultrasound, targeted at pelvic discomfort or unrelated symptoms (and of course, no normal kidneys are seen in their usual position).

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