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Thoracic kidney. A report of 2 cases
1Department of Surgery, University of Pretoria.
Abstract:
Thoracic kidney is extremely rare; there are two types--traumatic and congenital--which are illustrated. One patient had been in a motor vehicle accident and sustained injury to the diaphragm and the congenital representation was found in an asymptomatic patient with a hiatus hernia. Both displaced kidneys were left in situ.