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ArticleRadiology case reports2025

Maternal horseshoe kidney presenting as an incidental retroperitoneal mass at mid-trimester sonography.

David M Sherer, Mila Kheyman, Rawlica Sumner, Alyssa N Kastrinakis, Meredith Barish, Harry Zinn, Mudar Dalloul

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David M ShererDivision of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Mila KheymanDivision of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Rawlica SumnerDivision of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Alyssa N KastrinakisDivision of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Meredith BarishDivision of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Harry ZinnDepartment of Radiology, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
Mudar DalloulDivision of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York (SUNY), Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

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Abstract

The maternal retroperitoneum is seldom visualized during routine prenatal sonography. Although uncommon, maternal retroperitoneal masses complicating pregnancy have been reported. We report an unusual case in which an incidental sonographic finding of a large, well-demarcated, midline, heterogeneous, maternal retroperitoneal mass indenting the posterior aspect of the uterus at 21 weeks' gestation, later following MR imaging proved to be the inferior isthmus of previously undiagnosed maternal horseshoe kidney. This case demonstrates an additional benign etiology of a maternal retroperitoneal mass in pregnancy and emphasizes the characteristic sonographic findings associated with this condition and the importance of visualizing the maternal retroperitoneum at midtrimester scanning.

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Maternal horsehoe kidneyPregnancyPrenatal ultrasoundRetroperitoneal mass

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PMCPMC12516551

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