title: Intrathoracic Kidney after Blunt Abdominal Trauma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
abstract: Abdominal trauma is responsible for most genitourinary injuries. The incidence of renal artery injury and intrathoracic kidney is quite low in patients who present with blunt trauma experiencing damage. There are four defined etiologies for intrathoracic kidney, which include real intrathoracic ectopic kidney, eventration of the diaphragm, congenital diaphragmatic herniation, and traumatic diaphragmatic rupture. The traumatic intrathoracic kidney is an extremely rare case. We presented intrathoracic kidney case after traumatic posterior diaphragmatic rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fikret
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Halis
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Adnan Menderes University, 09000 Aydın, Turkey.
authors.forename: Akin Soner
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Amasyali
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aysel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yucak
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, School of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Turan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sakarya University, 54100 Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gokce