Pelvic kidney in cloacal exstrophy.
Four of five patients with cloacal exstrophy seen at the Massachusetts General Hospital since 1978 have had pelvic kidneys. This association is discussed and a possible embryological explanation considered.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001746:Bladder Exstrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002988:Cloaca; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011859:Radiography