Intrathoracic kidney and vertebral fusion: a model of combined misdevelopment.
We report a case of right intrathoracic kidney associated with a complex somite malformation that comprised vertebral fusion and right intrathoracic supernumerary ribs. The interpretation of this association as a disease model of nature allows us to propose a unifying hypothesis on the pathogenesis of this form of renal dystopia.
Angulo
J C
JC
Department of Urology, Santo Hospital Civil de Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain.
Lopez
J I
JI
Vilanova
J R
JR
Flores
N
N
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000196:embryology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012272:Ribs / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013580:Synostosis / Q000196:embryology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013909:Thorax