Ectopic intrathoracic kidney: A case report and literature review

SummaryIntrathoracic kidney is a rare congenital abnormality with the lowest frequency among all renal ectopias. We report the case of a 20-year-old asymptomatic female patient who came to our institution for an evaluation of an incidentally noted right lung base opacity on a plain chest radiograph. The subsequent computed tomographic scanning led to the diagnosis of thoracic renal ectopia. In this article, we discuss the relevant clinicoradiological findings along with a review of the literature