A Female with Right-Sided Thoracic Kidney with Bochdalek Hernia: A Case Report

The thoracic kidney is the rarest form of an ectopic kidney that usually present on the left thorax and twice more common in males. No case has been reported from Nepal and very few cases are reported worldwide. We report a 24 years-old female with right thoracic kidney with Bochdalek hernia diagnos...

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Published inJNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association Vol. 57; no. 220; pp. 464 - 466
Main Authors Daha, Sunil Kumar, Karn, Sunil, Shrestha, Sunil, Shrestha, Neharika, Paudyal, Sanjaya, Giri, Niraj
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nepal Journal of the Nepal Medical Association 01.11.2019
Nepal Medical Association
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Bochdalek hernia; ectopic kidney; thoracic kidney
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Summary:The thoracic kidney is the rarest form of an ectopic kidney that usually present on the left thorax and twice more common in males. No case has been reported from Nepal and very few cases are reported worldwide. We report a 24 years-old female with right thoracic kidney with Bochdalek hernia diagnosed incidentally. We have included clinico-radiological and surgical findings of the case with a review of the literature. Keywords: Bochdalek hernia; ectopic kidney; thoracic kidney.
ISSN:0028-2715
1815-672X
DOI:10.31729/jnma.4747