The pancake has been used as the metaphorical description for the abnormal appearance of the adrenal gland when the ipsilateral kidney is absent from the renal fossa.
Once detected, the abnormal adrenal appearance should prompt a careful survey of the patient to exclude renal agenesis or discover the ectopic kidney, conditions often associated with other congenital anomalies.
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Planz VB, Dyer RB. Are you the author?
Department of Radiology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA.
Reference: Abdom Imaging. 2014 Nov 4. Epub ahead of print.
doi: 10.1007/s00261-014-0287-6
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 25367812