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Thoracic ectopic kidney in an adult
1Department of Radiology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
We are presenting an adult patient with a rare form of renal ectopy. Our patient had a thoracic kidney with complications. He presented with symptoms unrelated to the urinary system and his chest x-ray showed an intrathoracic mass presenting just above the diaphragm. An excretory urogram may be necessary for the diagnosis in such patients with similar chest x-ray findings.
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