Abnormal Migration and Fusion of the Kidneys

Woodward, Mark; Frank, Jacob

doi:10.1016/b978-1-4160-3204-5.00016-5

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“…[4] The ectopic kidney has been known to be associated with many other defects ranging from acromelic frontonasal dysplasia to Williams syndrome. [5] However there were no other deformities in this patient.…”

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Bochdalek hernia with intrathoracic kidney

et al. 2012

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Bochdalek hernia is a congenital diaphragmatic defect that allows abdominal viscera to herniate into the thorax. Intrathoracic kidney is a very rare finding representing less than 5% of all renal ectopias. A 20 year old female presented with complaints of dry cough since 15 days and intermittent fever of 4 days duration. As part of routine investigation chest X-ray was done which showed a left retro-cardiac homogenous opacity, rest of the lung field appeared normal. Abdominal ultrasound showed the right kidney to be normal, left kidney was not visualized. Computed tomography scan demonstrated left-sided Bochdalek hernia with the left kidney within the thorax. An IVP was done to confirm the diagnosis. Many a times intrathoracic kidney is confused with a thoracic mass and the patient undergoes a battery of unnecessary investigations, surgical interventions and image guided biopsies for the same, hence to avoid this we are reporting this case.

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confidence: 77%

“…[4] Ectopic kidney is slightly common on the left side as was the case in our patient. [25] The intrathoracic location of an ectopic kidney is the rarest with a reported incidence of 5% of all ectopic kidneys. [1] The association of a Bochdalek hernia and intrathoracic renal ectopia is even rarer at 0.25%.…”

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confidence: 99%