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Fused supernumerary kidney

Author(s) -

Jaishilpa Suresh,

N Gnanasekaran,

Bhawna Dev

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

radiology case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221

H-Index - 10

ISSN - 1930-0433

DOI - 10.2484/rcr.v6i4.552

Subject(s) - medicine , supernumerary , kidney , radiology , inferior vena cava , ultrasound , computed tomography , trunk , computed tomography angiography , anatomy , ecology , biology

A partially fused supernumerary kidney with bifid ureters was diagnosed in a 35-year-old female patient using ultrasound and triple-phased computed tomography (CT). The CT also revealed two separate renal arteries supplying each of the left kidney and multiple left renal veins, forming a common trunk to drain into the inferior vena cava. Supernumerary kidney is a rare congenital anomaly; fewer than 100 cases have been reported over the years. A fused supernumerary kidney is rarer still

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