Cake kidney: a rare anomaly of renal fusion

ABSTRACT The cake kidney is a rare congenital anomaly of the urinogenital tract that can be diagnosed at any age. Few more than 20 cases have been described in the literature. The authors describe in this article another case of this rare malformation. Key-words: kidney, congenital abnormalities, ra...

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Main Authors: Guilherme Lippi Ciantelli, Alexandre Minetto Brabo, Anderson Ryo Kuboniwa, Caio Barros Figueiredo, Marília Akemi Uzuelle Takahashi, Saul Gun, Antonio Alberto Ramos Argento
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2012-06-01
Series:Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Sorocaba
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Online Access:http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/RFCMS/article/view/6246
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Summary:ABSTRACT The cake kidney is a rare congenital anomaly of the urinogenital tract that can be diagnosed at any age. Few more than 20 cases have been described in the literature. The authors describe in this article another case of this rare malformation. Key-words: kidney, congenital abnormalities, rare diseases.
ISSN:1984-4840