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Case Reports
. 2018 Apr 17:2018:bcr2018224921.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-224921.

Floating kidney

Akshay Sood  1   2 , Craig Rogers  1   2
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Case Reports

Floating kidney

Akshay Sood et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: pain; renal system; tract disorders; urinary and genital; urological surgery.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Intravenous pyelography performed in supine and upright positions demonstrating >5 cm craniocaudal migration of the right kidney that is pathognomonic of renal ptosis.
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