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Case Reports
. 1999 Jun;23(6):536-8.

[Ectopic thoracic kidney]

[Article in Spanish]
J D Lacasta García  1 , J I Sanz Vélez, J Abad Roger
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  • PMID: 10464964
Case Reports

[Ectopic thoracic kidney]

[Article in Spanish]
J D Lacasta García et al. Actas Urol Esp. 1999 Jun.

Abstract

We present a case of kidney ecthopy in a 62 years old male patient, discovered by chance during complementary explorations realized in the diagnostic process of an acute respiratory pathology. We review the literature related to this anomaly: 200 cases have been published to the date. The thoracic kidney is a rare kind of kidney ecthopy, tipically without synomathology & it requires no treatment.

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