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American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021, 9(1), 65-66
DOI: 10.12691/AJMCR-9-1-16
Case Report

Pancake Kidney, Rare Kidney Fusion Anomaly in Pediatrics

Sayed Yousef Mojtahedi1, Azadeh Afshin1, and Simin Khayatzadeh Kakhki2

1Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Bahrami Children Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2Division of pediatric Neurology, Bahrami Children Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Pub. Date: November 10, 2020
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Sayed Yousef Mojtahedi, Azadeh Afshin and Simin Khayatzadeh Kakhki. Pancake Kidney, Rare Kidney Fusion Anomaly in Pediatrics. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021; 9(1):65-66. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-9-1-16

Abstract

Pancake or doughnut kidney is a very rare anatomical abnormality. It is subgroup of fusion anomaly. Most of the time, diagnosed incidentally because affected patients are asymptomatic. Here we repot Pancake kidney in Toddler boy with proteinuria and developmental delay.

Keywords

pancake kidney, renal fusion anomaly, proteinuria

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