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Intrathoracic kidney and vertebral fusion: a model of combined misdevelopment
J C Angulo1, J I Lopez, J R Vilanova
1Department of Urology, Santo Hospital Civil de Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain.
The Journal of Urology
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report a case of right intrathoracic kidney associated with a complex somite malformation that comprised vertebral fusion and right intrathoracic supernumerary ribs. The interpretation of this association as a disease model of nature allows us to propose a unifying hypothesis on the pathogenesis of this form of renal dystopia.