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Duplex renal collecting system

Case contributed by Varun Babu
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Incidental finding.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Female
ultrasound

Presence of cortical tissue in the mid pole of right kidney dividing pelvicalyceal system into two parts before they join together to become a single pelvis and drain down a single ureter (not depicted).

Case Discussion

Common finding, needs to be documented in reports as these are often associated with vesicoureteric reflux / ureteroceles. 

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