Pancake kidney detected on renal scintigraphy.
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.
Sharma
Rajnish
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Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Delhi, India. drrsms@rediffmail.com
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Chakravarty
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Dutta
Mita
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Mondal
Anupam
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate