Vol 122, No 1 (2017)
Original Article

A rare instance of fused pelvic kidney without other associated congenital anomalies

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  • Cheryl Melovitz-Vasan,
  • Paolo Varricchio,
  • Nagaswami Vasan
Cheryl Melovitz-Vasan
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey, USA
Paolo Varricchio
Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103 USA
Nagaswami Vasan
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey, USA

Published 2017-07-11

Keywords

  • pelvic/pancake kidney,
  • congenital defect

How to Cite

Melovitz-Vasan, C., Varricchio, P., & Vasan, N. (2017). A rare instance of fused pelvic kidney without other associated congenital anomalies. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, 122(1), 58–63. Retrieved from https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ijae/article/view/1588
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Abstract

Much of the fused pelvic kidney (pancake kidney) described in the literature are complicated by coexisting anomalies of other organ system and vasculature. During a routine anatomical dissection of a 69 year-old male we found a fused pelvic kidney without vascular or other organ system defects. A detailed dissection of the entire body showed normal anatomical features except pancreatic cancer and related lymph nodes. Further dissection of the pelvic kidney showed presence of right and left accessory renal arteries; however the remaining vasculature was normal. Possible embryological causes of pelvic kidney and clinical consequences of this anomaly are discussed.

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