title: [Ectopic thoracic kidney].
abstract: We present a case of kidney ecthopy in a 62 years old male patient, discovered by chance during complementary explorations realized in the diagnostic process of an acute respiratory pathology. We review the literature related to this anomaly: 200 cases have been published to the date. The thoracic kidney is a rare kind of kidney ecthopy, tipically without synomathology & it requires no treatment.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital San Jorge, Huesca.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Lacasta García
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Sanz Vélez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abad Roger
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed