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A Female with Right-Sided Thoracic Kidney with Bochdalek Hernia: A Case Report
Sunil Kumar Daha1, Anish Karn1, Nikhil Shrestha2
1Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Abstract:
The thoracic kidney is the rarest form of an ectopic kidney that usually present on the left thorax and twice more common in males. No case has been reported from Nepal and very few cases are reported worldwide. We report a 24 years-old female with right thoracic kidney with Bochdalek hernia diagnosed incidentally. We have included clinico-radiological and surgical findings of the case with a review of the literature. Keywords: Bochdalek hernia; ectopic kidney; thoracic kidney.
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