Table 2.
Summary of imaging findings from each imaging modality in 14 patients with horseshoe kidney.
| Number of patients by imaging study | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal radiograph | IVP | US | CT | |
| Findings | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Visible renal axis | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| - Vertical | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - Medial deviated lower pole | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Visible isthmus | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| - Fibrous | Cannot evaluate | Cannot evaluate | 0 | 2 |
| - Parenchyma | 2 | 6 | ||
| Arterial supply to kidney | Cannot evaluate | Cannot evaluate | Cannot evaluate | |
| - Renal artery | 8 | |||
| - Aortic branch | 7 | |||
| - Common iliac artery | 1 | |||
| Isthmus | ||||
| - Aortic branch | 5 | |||
| - Common iliac artery | 4 | |||
| Stones | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| - Medial position | 8 | 4 | Cannot evaluate | 7 |
| Hydronephrosis | Cannot evaluate | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Abnormal renal function | Cannot evaluate | 1 | Cannot evaluate | 1 |
| Mass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |