title: Laparoscopic assisted percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in ectopic pelvic kidney.
abstract: We report the case of a patient with pain and an abdominal palpable mass whose tests showed a right pelvic kidney with a 4-cm stone in the renal pelvis. We describe the successful management through laparoscopic assisted percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in ectopic pelvic kidney, stressing that this method is a minimally invasive therapeutic option in such cases.
authors.affiliation: The Kidney Centre Postgraduate Training Institute, Karachi.
authors.forename: Shahid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aquil
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rana
authors.forename: Zafar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zaidi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007682:Kidney Pelvis; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous / Q000379:methods*; D011859:Radiography