PMC3043452_01
Hydronephrotic moiety of the horseshoe kidney.
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A 56-year-old man was referred to the urology service with left flank pain, an episode of urinary tract infection and a nonfunctioning, left hydronephrotic moiety of a horseshoe kidney identified on abdominal sonography (Figure 1) and CT scan.
Radioisotope scan consistent with nonfunctioning moiety.
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Renal function was assessed by a radioisotope scan (Figure 2), which demonstrated an obstruction to the flow of urine in the left kidney, with 0% differential function in the left kidney and 100% in the right.
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