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The transverse T2-weighted image through L2 showed both kidneys. The cranial part of the urinary bladder on T1-weighted transverse scans through L4 was flexed to the left. The T2-weighted sagittal image 30 mm to the right of the median plane showed the right kidney, the right ureter and the urinary bladder. The T2-weighted sagittal image 30 mm to the left of the median plane showed part of the left kidney, the left ureter and the urinary bladder. The T2-weighted sagittal image 45 mm to the left of the median plane presented the lateral part of the left kidney. The dorsal MRI image (T2-weighted sequence) through the horizontal plane 30 mm ventral to the spine demonstrated the whole organs. 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