title: [X-ray computerised tomographic imaging in the diagnosis of intrathoracic kidney].
abstract: Two cases are reported of an ectopic right kidney that was partially intrathoracic in position. Diagnosis was simple from CT scan imaging appearances, the examination being performed to investigate an intrathoracic mass. Images showed a tissular mass within a fatty zone in sections without contrast and the typical appearance of the kidney on sections with contrast.
authors.affiliation: CHU Necker Enfants-Malades, Paris.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Baillet
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Escure
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013909:Thorax; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Apport de l'imagerie TDM au diagnostic de rein intra-thoracique.