[A case of left intrathoracic kidney with renal anomalies].
A rare case of intrathoracic kidney was reported. A 71-year-old female with no complaint presented for evaluation of an abnormal shadow in the left lung field. A routine chest roentgenograms showed a sharply outlined mass in the postero-medial portion of the left lung field. Computed tomography demonstrated left intrathoracic kidney with anomalies of rotation. Intravenous pyelography demonstrated a left high ectopic kidney with complete duplication of the renal pelvis and incomplete duplication of a ureter. The patient was diagnosed as left intrathoracic kidney with renal anomalies. The 79 cases of intrathoracic kidney reported in Japan were analyzed concerning their etiology.
Department of Internal Medicine, Nishitottori Byoin National Sanatorium, Tottori.
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Burioka
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Tomita
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D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D007682:Kidney Pelvis / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014567:Urography