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Ectopic Kidneys With and Without Fusion
Author(s) -
KYRAYIANNIS B.,
STENOS J.,
DELIVELIOTIS A.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1979.tb02859.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , surgery , renal mass , kidney
Summary— Sixty‐one patients with renal ectopia have been reviewed. Most presented with a palpable mass, abdominal pain or microscopic haematuria. Thirteen patients were treated surgically, usually by nephrectomy; 17 required no treatment and 31 were treated symptomatically.