title: [A case of thoracic kidney].
abstract: An asymptomatic 37-year-old woman visited our outpatient clinic for evaluation of an abnormal shadow of the right thorax detected by a mass roentgenographic survey. P-A chest roentgenogram showed a round homogeneous mass with a convex superior margin in the posterior portion of the right thorax. The CT with contrast enhancement and intravenous pyelography demonstrated the ectopic high location of the right kidney. Renal arteriography showed the right renal artery originated from the abdominal aorta at a normal level. Renal function tests showed no abnormality.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mineo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugimura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D008400:Mass Chest X-Ray; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed