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NDT Advance Access published online on December 2, 2005
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi301
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© The Author [2005]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org
Received September 10, 2005
Accepted November 8, 2005

Case Report

Thoracic kidney and contralateral ureteral duplication--a case report and review of the literature

Chun-Fu Lai 1, Wen-Chih Chiang 2, Ju-Yeh Yang 3, Horng-Chin Yan 4, Shuei-Liong Lin 2, Yung-Ming Chen 2, Kwan-Dun Wu 2 *, and Bor-Shen Hsieh 2

1 Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
2 Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
3 Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin branch, Yunlin County, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan
4 Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Kwan-Dun Wu, E-mail: kdw{at}ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw



  Abstract

We report a rare case of left thoracic kidney with contralateral ureteral duplication. A 31-year-old Chinese female presented to a clinic with a left chest mass found by chest X-ray examination. Image studies, including computer tomography and intravenous pyelography, revealed that there was a left thoracic kidney and right ureteral duplication without other anomalies. The rarity of this combination led us to present it. Concurrent anomalies or complications accompanied with thoracic kidneys reported in the literature were reviewed. The role of embryology in these anomalies is also discussed. Thoracic kidneys should be kept in mind as important in the differential diagnosis of thoracic masses. Searching for possible complications or concurrent anomalies, although infrequent, is important.

Keywords: abnormalities; complications; thoracic kidney; ureteral duplication.
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