title: Ectopic thoracic kidney and end-stage renal disease in a 38-year-old nigerian.
abstract: This patient is a 38-year-old housewife who presented with a one-month history of difficulty, in breathing, chest pain and bilateral leg swelling and had a blood pressure of 260/150 mmHg, features of malignant hypertension and hypertensive heart disease. Chest CT scan revealed a chest location of the left kidney. She also had elevated serum urea and creatinine and proteinuria (++). The right kidney was normally located with loss of corticomedullary differentiation. She is on maintenance haemodialysis and is being worked up for possible left nephrectomy.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, PMB 1136, Uyo, Nigeria.
authors: U E
authors: UE
authors: Ekrikpo
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, PMB 1278, Calabar, Nigeria.
authors: E E
authors: EE
authors: Effa
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, PMB 1136, Uyo, Nigeria.
authors: E E
authors: EE
authors: Akpan