Congenital Renal Fusion and Ectopia in the Trauma Patient

Figure 1

27-year-old male with horseshoe kidney. Axial (a) and coronal (b) contrast-enhanced CT images show the inferior aspect of a horseshoe kidney in the lower abdomen. Note the enhancing isthmus of renal parenchyma crossing the midline (arrow). A coronal contrast-enhanced CT image (c) obtained more posteriorly shows the upper poles of the horseshoe kidney in the renal fossae.

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