Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24642649

Urol Int. 2014;93(3):368-70. doi: 10.1159/000353100. Epub 2014 Mar 7.
Right-sided Bochdalek hernia with intrathoracic ectopic kidney in an advanced-age adult: a case report.
Onuk ?1, Taş T, Şent?rk AB, Sinanoğlu O, Balcı MB, ?elik O, Nuhoğlu B.
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1Department of Urology, Taksim Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
Abstract
Ectopic intrathoracic kidney is an extremely rare congenital anomaly and it is often asymptomatic and discovered incidentally on chest radiography. Although congenital thoracic kidney is mostly seen in infants, it can be diagnosed in neonatal age and adults as well. Herein, we present a 72-year-old woman who had a right-sided Bochdalek hernia with intrathoracic ectopic kidney. In contrast to the usually young patients with thoracic hernia, the presented case was the oldest female patient having thoracic kidney accompanied with Bochdalek hernia with clinical symptoms among those reported in the literature.

2014 S. Karger AG, Basel.

PMID: 24642649 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]