Prenatal diagnosis of thoracic kidney in the 2nd trimester with delayed manifestation of associated diaphragmatic hernia.

Apostolos P. Athanasiadis (1, 2) , Menelaos Zafrakas (1) , Christos Arnaoutoglou (3) , Aikaterini Karavida (2) , Panayiota Papasozomenou (2) , Basil C. Tarlatzis (1)

1 1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
2 Prenatal Diagnostic Center of Thessaloniki
3 Fetal Medicine Unit, 1st Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Papageorgiou Hospital

Ectopic kidney is a rare congenital malformation, caused by renal malpositioning during embryogenesis. We report a rare case of ectopic kidney located in the left hemithorax of a male fetus. The unique features in this case were early sonographic prenatal diagnosis of thoracic kidney at 22 weeks gestation, which was confirmed by fetal MRI, and delayed ultrasound manifestation of associated congenital diaphragmatic hernia at 27 weeks.

Mots clés: Medicine

Apostolos P. Athanasiadis, Menelaos Zafrakas, Christos Arnaoutoglou, Aikaterini Karavida, Panayiota Papasozomenou, et al.. Prenatal diagnosis of thoracic kidney in the 2nd trimester with delayed manifestation of associated diaphragmatic hernia.. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, 2010, 39 (4), pp.221. ⟨10.1002/jcu.20769⟩. ⟨hal-00599774⟩