Thoracic Ectopic Kidney

Renal ectopia is the presence of a kidney in a location other than the renal fossa. The intrathoracic kidney constitutes less than 5% of all the different types of renal ectopias. Complications include calculi, hydronephrosis, chronic kidney disease, varicocele, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, and...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Indian journal of surgery 2024-02, Vol.86 (1), p.255-256
Hauptverfasser:	Ethiraj, Dillibabu, Pandiaraj, Immanuel Judah
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cardiac Surgery Images in Surgery Medicine Medicine & Public Health Neurosurgery Pediatric Surgery Plastic Surgery Surgery Thoracic Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	Renal ectopia is the presence of a kidney in a location other than the renal fossa. The intrathoracic kidney constitutes less than 5% of all the different types of renal ectopias. Complications include calculi, hydronephrosis, chronic kidney disease, varicocele, clear cell renal cell carcinoma, and rarely acute respiratory failure. We are presenting a typical case of an intrathoracic ectopic kidney.
ISSN:	0972-2068 0973-9793
DOI:	10.1007/s12262-023-03835-8