IOTW: Atrophic kidney

Posted on: October 15, 2018, by :

This  2 yo M with sickle cell disease found to have incidental left renal agenesis. Note the mild compensatory right renal hypertrophy. Mean predicted size for a normal 2 yo kidney is around 7cm. This patient had a 3cm kidney and a greater than 8 cm kidney.

 

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