Abstract
An afebrile 8-year-old boy presented with convulsions, coma and hypertension. Laboratory investigations were normal. Excretory urography and angiography showed a left supernumerary kidney. The literature on this rare anomaly is briefly reviewed.
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Komolafe, F. Unilateral supernumerary kidney associated with hypertensive encephalopathy in a child. Pediatr Radiol 13, 349–350 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01625966
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