title: Examining the anterior right kidney. Frequent lack of appreciation in examination of the right upper quadrant.
abstract: An anteriorly positioned lower pole of the right kidney is often unappreciated on physical examination. Yet, on review of a large number of abdominal sonograms, more than 12% of the patients had a right kidney with a lower pole sufficiently anterior in position so as to lie at the same depth as the anterior surface of the liver. In a group of patients referred for ultrasound evaluation of hepatomegaly, 20% proved to have a normal liver and an anteriorly positioned lower pole of the right kidney.
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D010173:Palpation; D010808:Physical Examination; D011187:Posture; D012737:Sex Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography