title: [Radiographic and ultrasonographic diagnosis of a left thoracic mass].
abstract: A chest roentgenogram of a 69-year-old man undergoing a check-up before prostate surgery showed a mass in the antero-inferior zone of the lung, just above the diaphragm. At ultrasonography, it was considered to be a thoracic ectopic kidney. This radiological case illustrates the place of this anomaly in the differential diagnosis of lung solitary mass, which can be explored with ultrasonography when retroperitoneal herniation is suspected.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie et d'Imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Yalgado-Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lougue-Sorgho
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ouedraogo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cisse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ouédraogo
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Bamouni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Napon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kambou
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Tapsoba
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014463:Ultrasonography