title: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy of an intrathoracic kidney.
abstract: We present a 35-year-old woman with symptomatic urolithiasis in an intrathoracic kidney. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy was successfully performed after ureteroscopy failed because of the unusual length of the ureter associated with the kidney position. We report the first case of percutaneous nephrolithotomy of an intrathoracic kidney.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Pennsylvania State University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Dean L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Clair
authors.forename: Arthur E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Fetzer
authors.forename: Carson
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery*; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018666:Ureteroscopy