Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30653382

Scand J Urol. 2019 Jan 17:1-2. doi: 10.1080/21681805.2018.1545798. [Epub ahead of print]
Left sided flank pain due to Bochdalek hernia with intrathoracic kidney.
Maibom SL1, Ryom P2, Schou-Jensen K1.
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Abstract
A 40 year old woman had undergone surgery as a newborn due to a left sided congenital Bochdalek hernia with the ventricle, spleen, left kidney and adrenal gland located intrathoracically. After three pregnancies, she developed left sided flank pain and dyspnea. A CT scan showed a diaphragmatic hernia with a malrotated intrathoracic placed left kidney with minimal hydronephrosis. The spleen was located caudally in the left iliac fossa; there were no other abnormalities. The patient underwent a thoracotomy with a small resection of the diaphragm in order to replace the kidney in the abdominal cavity and closure of the diaphragmatic defect with a Gore-Tex patch.

KEYWORDS:
Bochdalek hernia; Diaphragmatic defect; renal ectopia; thoracic kidney

PMID: 30653382 DOI: 10.1080/21681805.2018.1545798