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Pancake kidney and jejunal atresia: An uncommon dual anomaly detected prenatally-A case report.

Ayse Cigdem BayrakErdem FadilogluUmutcan Kayikciİlkay Sedakat İdilmanH Nursun OzcanOzgur Deren
Published in: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU (2024)
Pancake kidney is a renal fusion anomaly with only a few reported prenatal diagnoses. Other structural anomalies beyond the urogenital system may also be associated. This study describes a dual anomaly case detected prenatally, comprising of pancake kidney and jejunal atresia. A postnatal abdominal ultrasound confirmed both kidneys were fused in the midline at the aortic bifurcation level, along with a type 3b jejunal atresia. Based on the available limited evidence about pancake kidney, renal functions appear to remain largely preserved and unaffected as in our case according to 6 months of follow-up. However, further investigation is needed to explore any potential association with chromosomal and structural abnormalities in selected cases.
Keyphrases
  • pregnant women
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • preterm infants
  • aortic valve
  • gene expression
  • pulmonary artery
  • heart failure
  • coronary artery
  • dna methylation
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • genome wide
  • endovascular treatment