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Congenital Intrathoracic Kidney in a Patient Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Author(s) -
Darwazah Ahmad K.,
Yosri Ahmad
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01198.x
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , artery , coronary artery bypass surgery , surgery , kidney , cardiology , radiology
Intrathoracic kidney is a rare congenital anomaly. It appears as a posterior mediastinal mass on chest X‐ray. Most cases are asymptomatic and are discovered accidentally. We present a 48‐year‐old male patient with intrathoracic kidney discovered during routine investigation for coronary artery bypass surgery . (J Card Surg 2011;26:172‐175)