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Pancake Kidney, Rare Kidney Fusion Anomaly in Pediatrics

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


American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021, Vol. 9 No. 1, 65-66
DOI: 10.12691/ajmcr-9-1-16
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Sayed Yousef Mojtahedi, Azadeh Afshin, 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.

Correspondence to: Azadeh  Afshin, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Bahrami Children Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Email: azi.afshin@gmail.com

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.

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