Open AccessHorseshoe kidney mimicking cross-fused ectopia on 99m Tc-EC renal dynamic scintigraphy
Author(s) -
Krishan Kant Agarwal,
Sellam Karunanithi,
Sandeep Jain,
Madhavi Tripathi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.130304
Subject(s) - medicine , horseshoe kidney , kidney , scintigraphy , horseshoe (symbol) , nuclear medicine , radiology , computer science , programming language
The 'horseshoe kidney' is the most common renal fusion anomaly. In this disorder, two developed kidneys are connected to each other at the lower part and grow together. We report a case of horseshoe kidney mimicking cross-fused ectopia in (99m)Tc-EC renal dynamic scintigraphy.