Presentation
Symptoms of chest infection.
Patient Data
Age: 6 months
Gender: Female
Note: This case has been tagged as "legacy" as it no longer meets image preparation and/or other case publication guidelines.
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Homogenous well-defined right lower thoracic paracardiac opacity.
From the case:
Congenital intrathoracic kidney
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The right kidney is located above the right diaphragm with good vascularization, no hydronephrosis.
[Poor quality images (done in 1995)]
Case Discussion
Intrathoracic kidney is a rare congenital anomaly, but it should be included in the differential diagnosis of the well-defined lower thoracic opacity, the diagnosis can be easily confirmed by ultrasound in most cases as we can use the acoustic window of the liver or spleen to demonstrate it above the diaphragm.
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