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Anomalies of Kidney Rotation, Position, and Fusion

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Pediatric Urogenital Radiology

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Congenital anomalies of kidney rotation, position, and fusion are very common and are frequently identified by chance. They can be considered as a “normal variant,” as long as they do not cause complications or are related to other problems such as urinary drainage impairment, dysplasia, VUR, infection, or other associated malformations. This chapter describes the embryology, multimodality imaging appearances and complications of this spectrum of pathologies.

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  1. Sidra Medical and Research Center, Doha, Qatar

    Samuel Stafrace MD, MRCP (UK), FRCR, FRCP Edin

  2. Department of Radiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Gabriele Benz-Bohm MD (Retired)

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    Michael Riccabona

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Stafrace, S., Benz-Bohm, G. (2018). Anomalies of Kidney Rotation, Position, and Fusion. In: Riccabona, M. (eds) Pediatric Urogenital Radiology. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39202-8_9

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