title: Thoracic left kidney: a differential diagnostic dilemma for thoracic surgeons.
abstract: We report a case of left thoracic kidney that was identified after a detailed workup for a left thoracic mass that appeared on a routine chest roentgenogram of a young adult. Intravenous pyelography and angiography clearly identified this rare anomaly. Anatomical features and clinical implications of this condition are presented.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Surgery Department and Thoracic Surgery, Maresal Cakmak Military Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey. yalcinbas@aol.com
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Yalcinbas
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sasmaz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Canbaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D013909:Thorax / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014567:Urography