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Prenatal diagnosis of thoracic kidney in the 2nd trimester with delayed manifestation of associated diaphragmatic hernia
Author(s) -
Athanasiadis Apostolos P.,
Zafrakas Menelaos,
Arnaoutoglou Christos,
Karavida Aikaterini,
Papasozomenou Panayiota,
Tarlatzis Basil C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20769
Subject(s) - medicine , ectopic kidney , congenital diaphragmatic hernia , diaphragmatic hernia , gestation , prenatal diagnosis , kidney , fetus , pelvic kidney , hernia , diaphragmatic breathing , surgery , pregnancy , radiology , pathology , alternative medicine , biology , genetics
Ectopic kidney is a rare congenital malformation, caused by renal malpositioning during embryogenesis. We report a rare case of ectopic kidney located in the left hemithorax of a male fetus. The unique features in this case were early sonographic prenatal diagnosis of thoracic kidney at 22 weeks' gestation, which was confirmed by fetal MRI, and delayed sonographic manifestation of the associated congenital diaphragmatic hernia at 27 weeks. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011