title: Intrathoracic kidney in a child: case report and review of literature.
abstract: Intrathoracic ectopic kidney is a rare congenital abnormality with a prevalence estimated as less than one in 10000 and with only thirteen cases reported in the pediatric age group over the past twenty-five years. Herein, we report the uncommon case of a 20 month-old-male exhibiting a left ectopic intrathoracic kidney diagnosed as an incidental finding in image studies. Uncomplicated incidentals diagnosis has demonstrated normal function and development of those kidneys in long-term follow-up with no late bowel herniation.
authors.affiliation: Residency Program of General Pediatrics, San Juan City Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico. San Juan City Hospital, PMB # 498 PO Box 70344, San Juan, PR 00936-8344. niyasdeen@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Niyasdeen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dieguez-Santiesteban
authors.forename: Humberto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lugo-Vicente
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013909:Thorax; D014463:Ultrasonography