A Case of Supernumerary Kidney

A supernumerary kidney is extremely rare, with less than 100 cases currently reported in the literature. When this variant is present, the additional renal parenchyma demonstrates its own collecting system, vascular supply, and distinct encapsulated parenchyma. Herein, we discuss the case of a super...

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Autores principales: Mejia, Marco, Limback, Joseph, Ramirez, Ashley, Burt, Jeremy R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368426/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30761238
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3686
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description A supernumerary kidney is extremely rare, with less than 100 cases currently reported in the literature. When this variant is present, the additional renal parenchyma demonstrates its own collecting system, vascular supply, and distinct encapsulated parenchyma. Herein, we discuss the case of a supernumerary kidney in a 20-year-old male.
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spelling pubmed-63684262019-02-13 A Case of Supernumerary Kidney Mejia, Marco Limback, Joseph Ramirez, Ashley Burt, Jeremy R Cureus Radiology A supernumerary kidney is extremely rare, with less than 100 cases currently reported in the literature. When this variant is present, the additional renal parenchyma demonstrates its own collecting system, vascular supply, and distinct encapsulated parenchyma. Herein, we discuss the case of a supernumerary kidney in a 20-year-old male. Cureus 2018-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6368426/ /pubmed/30761238 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3686 Text en Copyright © 2018, Mejia et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6368426/
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