“…Authors: *Ayun Cassell, 1 Mohamed Jalloh, 1 Papa S. Diop, 2 Mouhamadou M. Mbodji, 1 Medina Ndoye, 1 Abdourahmane Diallo, 1 Saint Charles Kouka, 3 Issa Labou, 1 Lamine Niang, 1 Serigne M. Gueye 1 ultrasound, intravenous urogram, or CT scan for detection of other diseases. 4 In 90% of cases, fusion occurs along the lower pole moiety; however, in 5-10% of patients, fusion may occur along the upper pole giving the appearance of an inverted horseshoe kidney. 4 The isthmus of the horseshoe is usually a fibrous band or parenchymatous renal tissue connecting the horseshoe kidney at lumbar vertebrae 2-4 (L2-L4).…”