Zeitschrift für Nephrologie und Therapeutik

Overview on Intrathoracic Herniation of the Kidney

Abstract

Eya Mousoui

An intrathoracic kidney is a very rare form of ectopic kidney. Though increasingly recognized in the literature, impact on renal function is less well described. Bochdalek hernia is an inborn diaphragmatic deformity that permits stomach viscera to herniate into the thorax. Intrathoracic kidney is an exceptionally uncommon finding addressing under 5% of every single renal ectopia. Intrathoracic kidney is a halfway or complete bulge of the kidney over the hemidiaphragm into the back mediastinal compartment of the thorax. Methodical audit of the accessible writing on intrathoracic kidney, to portray the regular clinical elements, and depict likely clinical course and conceivable renal and extra-renal intricacies related with this type of ectopia.