AN UNUSUAL CONGENITAL ANOMALY - ECTOPIC SIGMOID KIDNEY COMBINED WITH HERMAPHRODITISM IN A NEWLY BORN CALF

Authors
CHARAN K PAWAIYA RVS
Citation
K. Charan et Rvs. Pawaiya, AN UNUSUAL CONGENITAL ANOMALY - ECTOPIC SIGMOID KIDNEY COMBINED WITH HERMAPHRODITISM IN A NEWLY BORN CALF, ANAT HISTOL, 26(4), 1997, pp. 269-270
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences","Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
Anatomia, histologia, embryologia
ISSN journal
03402096 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
269 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-2096(1997)26:4<269:AUCA-E>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A rare case of hermaphroditism accompanied with ectopic sigmoid kidney in cross-bred calf is reported. Findings revealed fused kidneys locat ed near urinary bladder, and presence of uterus, vagina, penis and tes ticles. Both urinary and genital defects seemed to occur in combinatio n and to be interrelated.