"careful examination of the rest of the abdomen should be carried out to ensure that an ectopic kidney is not present (more common than renal agenesis) as well as of the 'single' kidney to ensure it does not represent crossed fused renal ectopia."
"Mullerian duct anomalies/MURCS association"
"Gartner duct cysts (females)"
"Diamond-Blackfan anaemia"
"With the widespread use of antenatal ultrasound, renal agenesis can be identified in utero, although the presence of normal amounts of amniotic fluid and urine in the bladder results in the diagnosis being frequently missed, unless specifically and routinely looked for. Features include 1:"
Expected headings
"Associations"
"Postnatal imaging"
"Embryologically renal agenesis results from a failure of the proper development of the metanephros (the future definitive adult kidney) resulting in the complete absence of a renal structure. This is thought to occur at around early pregnancy (~6-7 weeks). Abnormalities in the mesonephros may result not only in renal agenesis (due to the absence of induction of the metanephros by the ureteral bud) but also internal genital malformations (due to the failure of the Wolffian and Mullerian duct to develop or to involute)."