Intrathoracic kidney and liver secondary to congenital diaphragmatic hernia recognized by transthoracic echocardiography

Is transesophageal echocardiography useful in planning surgery of mediastinal thymomas?

“…Lee reported on a case of a patient with dyspnea on exertion of recent onset who at transthoracic echocardiogram was found affected by an intrathoracic kidney secondary to congenital diaphragmatic hernia: similarly to the case of thymoma reported by us in the present article, these ectopic kidneys are usually asymptomatic and represent an incidental finding on chest radiography [6]. Other rare neoplasms that can be detected by echocardiography in the mediastinum are germ cells, which still are generally asymptomatic, can be incidentally found at X-ray examination and be confirmed by CT scan [7].…”

Right-sided Bochdalek hernia with ectopic intrathoracic kidney: Case report and review of the literature

“…Genel olarak prevalansı 1/10000'den daha az olarak bildirilmekte olup, erkeklerde ve sol tarafta daha sık görülmektedir (8) . İntratorasik böbreklerin dört temel tipi tanımlan-mıştır; a) kapalı diyaframla birlikte intratorasik renal ektopi, b) diyafram eventrasyonu ile birlikte intratorasik renal ektopi, c) travmatik diyafram rüptürü ile birlikte intratorasik renal ektopi, d) konjenital diyafram hernisi ile birlikte intratorasik renal ektopi (5) . Donat ve ark.…”

“…Özellikle çocukluk çağında duplikasyon kistleri, bronkojenik kistler ve pulmoner sekestrasyonlar göz önünde bulundurulmalıdır. Pelvikalisiyel sistemin kontrast tutulumu ve böbrek parankiminin tipik yumuşak doku görünümü en iyi şekilde BT ile gösterilebilmektedir (5) . Ayrıca gri skala ultrasonografi solid organları ve diğer eşlik eden bozuklukları değerlendirmede önemlidir.…”

Kidney, Urinary Bladder, and Ureter

“…Nevertheless, the function of the affected kidney is usually well preserved (Sözübir et al 2005;Obatake et al 2006;Dingeldein et al 2008;Fadaii et al 2008). A combination of intrathoracic liver and kidney has been reported (Lee et al 2006). The ureter is elongated to accommodate the excessive distance to the bladder, but it never enters ectopically into the bladder or other pelvic sites.…”