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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Historical Perspective

Discovery

Before 1800 A.D. horseshoe kidney regarded as curiosity found only at postmortem examination.

• Horseshoe kidney was first discovered or documented by Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, a Carpiani Physician, in 1522 /during/following [event]."cris.maastrichtuniversity.nl".
• Horseshoe Kidney was first described and illustrated by Leonardo Botallo, in 1564.

• The association between [important risk factor/cause] and [disease name] was made in/during [year/event].
• In [year], [scientist] was the first to discover the association between [risk factor] and the development of [disease name].
• In [year], [gene] mutations were first implicated in the pathogenesis of [disease name].

Outbreaks

There have been several outbreaks of [disease name], which are summarized below:

Landmark Events in the Development of Treatment Strategies

In [year], [diagnostic test/therapy] was developed by [scientist] to treat/diagnose [disease name].

Famous Cases

The following are a few famous cases of disease name: