Incidental finding of horseshoe kidneys in whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT evaluation.
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105 Rev Esp Med Nucl. 2007;26(2):105-6 FIG. 1.—Unenhanced-multiplanar CT reconstruction images. 1A, horseshoe kidneys, the isthmus is lying anterior to the inferior vena cava and aorta; a Greenfield’s intracaval filter is seen in the inferior vena cava and an atherosclerotic plaque in the abdominal aorta. B, C, and D; both ureters were seen along their course until the ureterovesical junction. A C
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Revista espanola de medicina nuclear
دوره 26 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007