Sonographic features of horseshoe kidney: Review of 34 patients

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-31

  Strauss, Simon ^a,b   Dushnitsky, Tsvi ^a,b   Peer, Amir ^a,b   Manor, Hana ^a,b   Libson, Eugene ^c   Lebensart, Pinchas D ^c  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Horseshoe kidney; Isthmus, renal; Kidney, horseshoe; Renal anomalies

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

HORSESHOE KIDNEY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY EXAMINATION; MALE; RENOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033985353     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2000.19.1.27     Document Type: Article

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