Diagnostic Ultrasound - Abdomen and Pelvis

Renal Ectopia
(Left) Grayscale ultrasound
image demonstrates ectopic
location of the right kidney
, which is located within the
pelvis posterior to the bladder.
(Right) Axial T2 HASTE image
obtained in the same patient
better delineates the ectopic
right kidney. Note the anterior
orientation of the renal
collecting system .
Diagnoses: Urinary Tract
(Left) Grayscale ultrasound
image demonstrates an
ectopic left kidney, located in
the pelvis. Multiple discrete
cysts are noted . (Right)
Voiding cystourethrogram
image in the same patient
demonstrates contralateral
reflux into the ureter of the
normally located right kidney.
(Left) Color Doppler
ultrasound image
demonstrates crossed fused
ectopia st in the left lower
quadrant. (Right) Coronal
CECT in the same patient
demonstrates fusion of the
upper pole of the malrotated
ectopic right kidney to the
lower pole of the left kidney
, which is slightly lower
than normal.
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