Ectopic thoracic kidney.
A case of congenital thoracic kidney recently encountered at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria is presented. Ectopic intrathoracic kidney, although very rare, should be considered in any patient with a mass at the base of the lung on a chest radiograph. Intravenous urography is diagnostic and may obviate the need for extensive investigation and operation for an asymptomatic kidney that functions normally and requires no treatment.
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014513:Ureter / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging