Pseudo-Supernumerary Right Kidney

Lionel S. Zuckier; Nasrin Ghesani; Paul L. Samuels; Blanche J. Skurnick

doi:10.1097/01.RLU.0000063696.18465.CE

Pseudo-Supernumerary Right Kidney

Lionel S. Zuckier, Nasrin Ghesani, Paul L. Samuels, Blanche J. Skurnick

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Abstract

A 77-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the hypopharynx was evaluated for the presence of bone metastases. A radionuclide bone scan revealed a normal-appearing left kidney and two focal areas of soft tissue uptake on the right, mimicking two kidneys. Tc-99m MDP is frequently concentrated in hepatic metastases, whereas hepatomegaly often results in caudal displacement of the ipsilateral right kidney. The current findings resulted from a concatenation of these two common manifestations of metastatic liver disease and did not represent a supernumerary kidney, which is, in fact, a very rare anomaly.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	432-433
Number of pages	2
Journal	Clinical nuclear medicine
Volume	28
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.RLU.0000063696.18465.CE
State	Published - May 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bone Scan
Liver Metastasis
Soft Tissue Uptake
Supernumerary Kidney

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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