Normal Newborn Infant Kidney. Longitudinal view of the normal right kidney (between cursors, +, x) of a newborn infant demonstrates echogenicity of the cortex to be slightly greater than the echogenicity of the liver (L). The medulla (arrows) is significantly less echogenic.

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