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Pancake kidney

Case contributed by Mohammad Taghi Niknejad
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Pelvic mass in physical examination.

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Female
ct

Both kidneys are seen in right iliac region, where the left kidney is crossed and fused with the right one, on longitudinal axis.

The urinary drainage tract is unobstructed and delayed images show symmetrical contrast excretion into the renal pelvis with no filling defect.

Both right and left adrenal glands are present in their normal anatomical location. 

In addition, a large thick walled cystic lesion , 78×65mm in diameter in the left adnexa ; containing a few internal septa . No soft tissue component is observed.

 

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