A rare case of ectopic thoracic kidney and spleen.
A 23-year-old male presented with fever of 5 days duration. His peripheral smear was positive for Plasmodium vivax. He was treated for malaria and responded. During investigation with USG it was found that he had absent left kidney. An abdominal contrast enhanced CT scan revealed ectopic kidney and spleen in the left hemithorax. This was a rare case of ectopic thoracic kidney and spleen.
Department of Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai 600116.
Babu
B
Krishnan
P
P
Lakshminarayanan
M K
MK
Sudhakar
K N
KN
Vishwanathan
D002828:Choristoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult