Crossed renal ectopia

Abstract

The case of 73 years - old male patient with inferior crossed renal ectopia diagnosed upon imaging workup using a GE LightSpeed 16 Slice CT, with urothelial carcinoma, at the level of the left kidney, nephrolithiasis and thrombosed aneurysm at the level of the origin of right common iliac artery. The upper lobe of the right kidney fused with the lower lobe of the left kidney, on the left side of the midline. There were 6 renal arteries (4 on the left and 2 on the right) originating from the left side of the abdominal aorta, at the level of the termination of the abdominal aorta, the left common iliac artery and the right internal iliac artery. The patient presented with 6 renal veins (3 on the left and 3 on the right) that drained anteriorly on the left side of the inferior vena cava into the left common iliac vein and into the right internal iliac vein.