Intrathoracic kidney.
Five cases of intrathoracic kidney are presented, and the literature is reviewed. The diagnosis was made incidentally in 3 patients who had chest radiographs because of upper respiratory tract infections and in 1 infant on a follow-up radiograph after recovery from hyaline membrane disease. The fifth patient had an abdominal mass. All 5 patients had a left intrathoracic kidney, and 2 had a left Bochdalek hernia. An intrathoracic kidney should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a posterior mediastinal mass.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013909:Thorax / Q000002:abnormalities*