Abstract
Renal ectopia is a rare congenital anomaly. Thoracic ectopic kidney was being considered as rarest, however no case of bilateral subdiaphragmatic kidneys in omphalocele patients presented with ventral hernia has been reported yet, as per our best of knowledge. This is a report of a 5-year-old male patient who presented with ventral hernia after omphalocele. A thorough examination, laboratory, and radiological investigations including ultrasonography, plain abdominal x-ray, intravenous urogram, and computerized tomography revealed bilateral subdiaphragmatic ectopic kidneys with azygos continuation of inferior vena cava, retro-aortic left renal vein and spina bifida.
Highlights
Renal ectopia is a rare congenital anomaly
Thoracic kidney is considered as the rarest form of renal ectopia than subdiaphragmatic kidneys
There are few case reports of thoracic kidneys have been reported which encountered less than 5% of all renal ectopia [2], there is no case report of bilateral subdiaphragmatic kidneys has been reported yet, at our best of knowledge
Summary
Renal ectopia is a rare congenital anomaly. Subdiaphragmatic ectopic kidney is one of the rare congenital anomalies, which found to occur once in 22 cases of ectopic kidneys [1]. Corresponding Author: Dr Jitendra Parmar, DMRD, DNB. L. Kapur Superspeciality Hospital, Pusa Road, New Delhi, India. E-mail: jitendra32@gmail.com Accepted for publication: 18 February 2016
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