title: Horseshoe Kidney Incidentally Revealed on Meckel Scintigraphy.
abstract: An 8-year-old male patient with history of bloody stools underwent a Meckel diverticulum scintigraphy to evaluate for ectopic gastric mucosa. The static images showed 2 abnormal foci of radiotracer accumulation in the mid-abdomen. Contrary to the renal activity, the foci appeared more prominent on the anterior view and localized anteriorly to the expected kidneys location on the left lateral view. Carefully reviewed dynamic acquisition revealed faint catenary-shaped activity in this region on earlier images, gradually evolving into 2 prominent foci on later images. A horseshoe kidney was suspected, the pathology being confirmed by abdominal ultrasonography.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Nuclear Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China; and †Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University ofPennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Ion
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Codreanu
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Sabah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Servaes
authors.forename: Hongming
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhuang
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D000069337:Fused Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m