title: [Intrathoracic ectopic kidney in an adult: case report and bibliographic review].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report the case of a 61-year-old male with the incidental diagnosis of intrathoracic renal ectopia during the workup study for a possible lung mass.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a bibliographic review on the incidence, origin, clinical presentation and diagnosis of this type of renal ectopia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Chest x-ray showed a left posterior mediastinum mass. Bronchoscopy was performed showing signs of extrinsic compression with absence of neoplastic cells. CT scan revealed a left intrathoracic ectopic kidney with diaphragmatic hernia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intrathoracic renal ectopia is a very unfrequent finding, often asymptomatic, frequently an incidental diagnosis that does not require treatment.
authors: Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves de Granada, Granada, España. fernando.vazquez.alonso.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Vázquez Alonso
authors: Francisco Javier
authors: FJ
authors: Vicente Prados
authors: Manrique
authors: M
authors: Pascual Geler
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Funes Padilla
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Segura Sánchez
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Fernández Sánchez
authors: Francisco
authors: F
authors: Rodríguez Herrera
authors: Antonio
authors: A
authors: Martínez Morcillo
authors: José Manuel
authors: JM
authors: Cózar Olmo
authors: Eduardo
authors: E
authors: Espejo Maldonado
authors: Miguel
authors: M
authors: Tallada Buñuel
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013909:Thorax