The Man with Five Kidneys

Posted by Alex in Medicine on November 27, 2007 at 2:54 am


One day, Brigham Nordstrom of Hautapu, New Zealand got a kidney infection and was admitted to the hospital. There, doctors found out that he’s got a little something extra:

"The doctors took a scan. Then I had to get a second one done. They wanted to have another look."

Doctors had found one duplex kidney and one triplex kidney. Instead of having one tube or ureter joining each kidney to the bladder, Mr Nordstrom had two tubes on the left and three on the right.

Accordingly, the duplex kidney has two parts and the triplex has three parts, meaning it is quite likely Mr Nordstrom has five kidneys altogether.

Link - via Spluch (photo: Peter Drury / Waikato Times)



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6 comments to "The Man with Five Kidneys"

  1. schnitzelboi
    November 27th, 2007 at 1:53 pm

    I have respect for this guy. He and I are soulmates. While I may not have five, I DO have three kidneys. One on my right, two on my left side. It feels good to see that the multikidney society is live and well.

  2. aware
    November 27th, 2007 at 7:00 pm

    does he need all 5 to function? could he make multiple kidney donations?

    i know that typical donors live just fine on one kidney…

  3. Denita TwoDragons
    November 27th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    My Mom has multiple organs as well. Turns out she absorbed a twin in utero. Unfortunately, cancer prevents her from donating any of her excess innards. Ah well.

    I bet this guy’s got the cleanest blood on the planet!

    –TwoDragons

  4. Brian
    November 27th, 2007 at 7:13 pm

    My daughter has three as well.

  5. swss
    November 28th, 2007 at 12:22 am

    I have three too! Unfortunately, the way I understand it, they are sort of like conjoined twins (in my case, at least) you really can’t break up the pair.

  6. Rose
    December 25th, 2007 at 10:38 pm

    I have just discovered that I have 4 kidneys . I am totally shocked and nervous. Is it affect my health? Do I need to do some exams to find out what happen to me?


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