Right intrathoracic kidney in an adult: case report.
Intrathoracic kidney is a very rare abnormality and; only about 50 cases have been reported in the literature. Most of the reported cases are asymptomatic. We present a male patient with intrathoracic kidney without diaphragmatic hernia. A 24-year-old man with fever, cough, and malaise complaints fo...
| Publicado en: | Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 30; no. 6; pp. 2041 - 2045 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , |
| Formato: | case study diagnostic images Journal Article |
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Turkiye Klinikleri
Dec2010
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| Sumario: | Intrathoracic kidney is a very rare abnormality and; only about 50 cases have been reported in the literature. Most of the reported cases are asymptomatic. We present a male patient with intrathoracic kidney without diaphragmatic hernia. A 24-year-old man with fever, cough, and malaise complaints for the previous two days was admitted to a district hospital's pulmonary medicine department. The chest X-ray revealed that the right hemidiaphragm was elevated. For further evaluation, computerized tomography was performed and a right intrathoracic kidney was detected. Since the patient was otherwise healthy with a normal functioning intrathoracic kidney, no medical intervention was considered. Periodic follow-up was planned. Intrathoracic kidney may not cause any symptom and may function normally even though it has a very long distance from the bladder. Intrathoracic kidney should be kept in mind in the evaluation of diaphragmatic elevation. |
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