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CT scan of damaged kidneys

Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho.

Figure 1 shows a picture of a computed tomography (CT) scan of two normal kidneys, looking from the top of the head down. A special dye (contrast material) was used for this scan. Figure 2 shows a picture from a different CT scan of two kidneys that are abnormal. These kidneys are small and misshapen from scarring due to disease.

Primary Medical Reviewer Paul D. Traughber, MD
- Radiology
Specialist Medical Reviewer Kenneth B. Sutherland, CD, BSc, MD, FRCPC
- Diagnostic Radiology
Last Updated July 19, 2007

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Last Updated: July 19, 2007
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