title: Pancake kidney detected on renal scintigraphy.
abstract: Pancake kidney is an extremely rare renal anomaly resulting from abnormal renal ascent and subsequent fusion. The authors describe a patient with pancake kidneys detected on a Tc-99m DTPA scan. The case reported depicts the scintigraphic findings in such a patient having a pancake kidney.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India. drrsms@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Rajnish
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Savita
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Chakravarty
authors.forename: Mita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Anupam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mondal
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate