TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining the Anterior Right Kidney
T2 - Frequent Lack of Appreciation in Examination of the Right Upper Quadrant
AU - Walzer, Ann
AU - Koenigsberg, Mordecai
PY - 1979/11/23
Y1 - 1979/11/23
N2 - An anteriorly positioned lower pole of the right kidney is often unappreciated on physical examination. Yet, on review of a large number of abdominal sonograms, more than 12% of the patients had a right kidney with a lower pole sufficiently anterior in position so as to lie at the same depth as the anterior surface of the liver. In a group of patients referred for ultrasound evaluation of hepatomegaly, 20% proved to have a normal liver and an anteriorly positioned lower pole of the right kidney.
AB - An anteriorly positioned lower pole of the right kidney is often unappreciated on physical examination. Yet, on review of a large number of abdominal sonograms, more than 12% of the patients had a right kidney with a lower pole sufficiently anterior in position so as to lie at the same depth as the anterior surface of the liver. In a group of patients referred for ultrasound evaluation of hepatomegaly, 20% proved to have a normal liver and an anteriorly positioned lower pole of the right kidney.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1979.03300210046023
DO - 10.1001/jama.1979.03300210046023
M3 - Article
C2 - 490832
AN - SCOPUS:0018673588
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 242
SP - 2320
EP - 2321
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 21
ER -