Case Report

Pancake Kidney In A Geriatric Patient: Radiologic And Scintigraphic Findings

10.1501/Tipfak_000000772

  • Alper Dilli
  • Ümit Yaşar Ayaz
  • İdil Güneş Tatar
  • Osman Raif Karabacak
  • Nihat Uluocak
  • Sevin Ayaz

Received Date: 02.08.2010 Accepted Date: 28.10.2010 J Ankara Univ Fac Med 2010;63(4):107-109

Our aim was to present a case of incidentally detected pelvic pancake kidney anomaly with imaging findings in a 65-years-old male patient and to discuss its clinical significance. Pancake kidney, also called pelvic fused kidney, lump or cake kidney, is a rare type of congenital renal fusion anomaly. It is characterized by the presence of a lobulated pelvic renal mass which has a dual parenchymatous system without an intervening septum. Radiologic and scintigraphic findings of the patient hav-ing symptoms of urgency were consistent with a pelvic pancake kidney. Although urinary system anomalies often coexist with malformations of other organs and systems, no associated anomalies could be detected in our case.

Keywords: Kidney,Radionuclide imaging, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Urography