Congenital Renal Anomalies in Indian Population

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ABSTRACT The congenital anomalies of kidney are not uncommon. The incidence of renal anomalies varies from 1:400 for horseshoe kidney to 1:10,000 for bilateral renal agenesis. The most of this available data is from western populations. Little or no data is available on incidence of renal anomalies in Indian population. Our objective was to determine the incidence of congenital renal anomalies in Indian population. A retrospective analysis of observations made from 1,900 consecutive autopsies for presence of congenital renal anomalies was done. In 1,900 autopsies, there were nine cases of congenitally anomalous kidneys (42%). These anomalies included three cases of horseshoe kidney (16%), two cases of extrarenal calyces (12%), and one each of renal ectopia with fusion, trilobar kidney, polycystic kidney and unilateral renal agenesis. The incidence of renal anomalies in Indian population is relatively less as compared to their western counterparts. How to cite this article Gupta T, Goyal SK, Aggarwal A, Chawla K, Kaur H, Sahni D. Congenital Renal Anomalies in Indian Population. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2017;51(1):12-16.