A case of prenatal diagnosis of congenital thoracic kidney in the third trimester with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Park, Byung Seob; Cho, Hyun Jin; Ji, Yong Il; Jeong, Chul Hoi; Chun, Sung Wook; Jeon, Gyun Ho; Nam, So Hyun

doi:2012.55.12.978

Obstet Gynecol Sci > Volume 55(12); 2012 > Article

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2012;55(12):978-981.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2012.55.12.978 Published online December 18, 2012.

A case of prenatal diagnosis of congenital thoracic kidney in the third trimester with congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Byung Seob Park, Hyun Jin Cho, Yong Il Ji, Chul Hoi Jeong, Sung Wook Chun, Gyun Ho Jeon, So Hyun Nam

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. chohj@paik.ac.kr
²Department of Pediatric Surgery, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

Congenital thoracic kidney is a rare congenital malformation, caused by renal malpositioning during embryogenesis or congenital diaphregmatic hernia with herniation of kidney. Prenatal diagnosis of congenital thoracic kidney has been only rarely reported, underlying congenital diaphragmatic hernia should always be suspected in cases of congenital thoracic kidney. We present a case in which the prenatal diagnosis of an ectopic intrathoracic kidney was made on routine anatomical survey at 29 weeks' gestation.

Key Words: Fetal ultasound, Intrathoracic kidney, Prenatal diagnosis