Chinese girl found to have 4 kidneys in rare disorder

Q.  What do you call the condition in which a patient possesses 4 kidneys?
- Published on 03 Jun 16

a. Renal duplex monstrosity
b. Renal duplex disorder
c. Renal duplex disease
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Renal duplex monstrosity
 
In a rare disorder, a 17 year old Chinese girl has been found with four kidneys after she went to the hospital for recurring back pain. Xiaolin was healthy all her childhood but visited hospital for treatment after having lower back pain regularly. She has been found to suffer from renal duplex monstrosity, a rare disorder with the mortality rate of 1 in 15000 which means post of the people would not even realise they have this problem throughout their entire life.

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