HEMPSTEAD, New York (WABC) -- A routine medical school lesson turned into a life-saving discovery at Hofstra University on Long Island.

First-year medical student Aria Moreno volunteered to get an ultrasound during her class, which revealed she had a large mass on her kidney.

Moreno said the situation could've been much worse if it wasn't for the ultrasound.

"I would have lost like more function in my right kidney, maybe the whole thing," Moreno said.

The ultrasound class at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in Hempstead saved Moreno. The medical student believes she was at the right place at the time when she volunteered to be scanned.

"I think of it as we all learn on each other," Moreno said.

Moreno had no idea the ultrasound would lead to a diagnosis.

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