[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.
Burioka
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Department of Internal Medicine, Nishitottori Byoin National Sanatorium, Tottori.
Tomita
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Sasaki
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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