title: Prenatal diagnosis of thoracic kidney in the 2nd trimester with delayed manifestation of associated diaphragmatic hernia.
abstract: Ectopic kidney is a rare congenital malformation, caused by renal malpositioning during embryogenesis. We report a rare case of ectopic kidney located in the left hemithorax of a male fetus. The unique features in this case were early sonographic prenatal diagnosis of thoracic kidney at 22 weeks' gestation, which was confirmed by fetal MRI, and delayed sonographic manifestation of the associated congenital diaphragmatic hernia at 27 weeks.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Apostolos P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Athanasiadis
authors.forename: Menelaos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zafrakas
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arnaoutoglou
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karavida
authors.forename: Panayiota
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Papasozomenou
authors.forename: Basil C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Tarlatzis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006548:Hernia, Diaphragmatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D065630:Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007668:Kidney; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*