High ectopic kidney presenting as an abnormal liver-lung scan: case report.
An unusual cause for a positive liver-lung scan is presented. A cold area between the base of the right lung and the liver in a 78-year-old woman was reported as being due to a subphrenic abscess. This defect was subsequently found to be a right subphrenic kidney.
D000368:Aged; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D008099:Liver; D008168:Lung; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging