ABSTRACT
Congenital thoracic ectopic kidney is a very rare developmental disorder and the rarest type of ectopic kidney. This condition is usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally on routine chest radiography. Most cases of thoracic ectopic kidney develop in adulthood and during the neonatal period, and congenital thoracic ectopic kidney rarely develops in children. Most patients are asymptomatic, and the treatment depends on the diagnosis. Herein, we report a rare case of ectopic thoracic kidney associated with a diaphragmatic hernia in a 15-month-old male infant, who presented with periodic severe irritability. The thoracic ectopic kidney was detected as a mass in the right base of the chest on routine chest radiography.
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Child , Humans , Infant , Male , Diagnosis , Hernia, Diaphragmatic , Kidney , Radiography , ThoraxABSTRACT
La hernia diafragmática congénita (HDC) se presenta con frecuencia de 0.17 a 0.57 por 1000 recién nacidos vivos y se asocia con riñón intratorácico (RI) en 0.25%. El objetivo del presente trabajo es describir las dos patología presentes en un neonato y revisar la literatura al respecto. Caso clínico: recién nacido, masculino, quien a las cuatro horas de vida presentó taquipnea de aparición súbita y persistente. Al examen físico: dificultad respiratoria (Silverman de ocho puntos) y cianosis; gases arteriales a su ingreso: hipoxemia e hipocapnia (insuficiencia respiratoria tipo I). Radiografía de tórax: aumento discreto de la trama bronquial y de la densidad parahiliar; pulmones normales, evidencia de membrana pleuroperitoneal y masa sólida superpuesta sobre silueta cardiaca, confirmada por ecocardiograma. Tomografía axial computada (TAC): riñón izquierdo y parte de bazo dentro del tórax, al lado del lóbulo inferior del pulmón izquierdo. Inmediatamente se le instaló al paciente ventilación mecánica convencional y dos días después, se intervino quirúrgicamente para corrección de HDC y descenso de riñón izquierdo. Posterior al acto operatorio, desapareció la sintomatología inicial y su evolución posterior fue satisfactoria. El presente caso ilustra como el riñón en ocasiones puede emigrar al tórax por defecto congénito de la pared del diafragma y ser un hallazgo causal al momento de la exploración radiológica.
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is found frequently in from 0.17 to 0.57 among 1000 newborns and is associated with intrathoracic kidney (IK) in 0.25%. The objective of the present work was to describe both present pathologies in a newborn and to review the literature in this respect. Clinical case: male newborns, who presented tachypnea sudden and persistent for the first 24 h of life. For the that was physical exam, we included breathing difficulty (eight points of Silverman's) and cyanosis; initial arterial gases: hypoxemia and hypocapnia (acute respiratory failure type I); thorax X-ray; increase of bronchial plot and of parahiliary density; normal lungs, pleuroperitoneal membrane and solid mass superimposed on heart silhouette were observed and confirmed by echocardiogram. Computed axial tomography (CAT) revealed left kidney and part of spleen inside thorax, beside inferior lobe of left lung. Immediately, the patient was mechanically ventilated and after 2 days, was operated sourgically for correction of CDH and descent of left kidney. After surgical intervention, initial syntomatology disappeared and evolution was satisfactory. The present case illustrates how the kidney on occasion can emigrate due to congenital default to the thorax of the wall of the diaphragm and be a casual discovery at the moment of radiologic exploration.
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Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Hernia, Diaphragmatic/complications , Hernia, Diaphragmatic/congenital , Kidney/abnormalities , Respiratory Insufficiency/etiology , Kidney , SyndromeABSTRACT
In 1938, Jarcho and Levin initially described shortening of the trunk, prominent occiput, broad forehead, multiple vertebral defects and ribs anomaly, short neck, increased anteroposterior chest diameter, lordosis, kyphoscoliosis. After that, Jarcho-Levin syndrome is an eponym that has been used to describe a variety of clinical phenotypes. We examined a girl who was suspected as suffering from Jarcho-Levin syndrome because she had shortening of the trunk, multiple vertebral defects and ribs anomaly, short neck, increased anteroposterior chest diameter, lordosis, kyphoscoliosis. We report a case of Jarcho-Levin syndrome with intrathoracic kidney, and review related literature.
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Animals , Female , Humans , Eponyms , Forehead , Kidney , Lordosis , Neck , Phenotype , Ribs , ThoraxABSTRACT
Intrathoracic kidneys are rare developmental anomalies and represent less than 5% of all congenital kidney ectopia. Ectopic intrathoracic kidneys are usually asymptomatic and have normal renal function. This disease occurs more frequently in males and on the left side. We report a case of right intrathoracic kidney with congenital complex cardiac anomalies such as single atrium, patent ductus arteriosus and tricuspid regurgitation.
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Humans , Male , Ductus Arteriosus, Patent , Kidney , Tricuspid Valve InsufficiencyABSTRACT
Intrathoracic kidney is a very rare congenital anomaly in development of the kidney. It was firstly described by Mikulics in 1922. More than 130 cases were reported in the world. Most of the patients have no clinical problem and discovered incidentally in chest X-ray. We have experienced a case of intrathoracic kidney in a 48-year-old female who was admitted due to recurrent calculous cholecystitis. Intrathoracic mass lesion was noted in the plain chest film and confirmed as intrathoracic kidney by chest computed tomography and intravenous pyleography. We report a case of intrathorcic kidney with brief review of literature.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Cholecystitis , Kidney , ThoraxABSTRACT
Intrathoracic ectopia denotes either a partial or a complete protrusion of the kidney above the diaphragm into the postecioc mediastinum and is a very rare developmental anomaly. The vast majority of patient with this anomaly has remained asymptomatic but discovered on routine chest radiographs. The diagnosis is made following a routine chest X-ray, lateral chest film and excretory urography. Herein we report a case of intrathoracic kidney which was found incidentally during the routine check-up and normal function of kidney.