Splenic compression of the left kidney simulating pathologic unilateral renal enlargement.
A case in which pathologic enlargement of the left kidney was simulated by splenic compression in a 17-year-old boy with hemoglobin SC disease and recurrent left flank pain is presented. The true nature of the apparent enlargement was demonstrated by computed tomography.
D000293:Adolescent; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*