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A 9-month-old boy with a respiratory tract infection was found to have a mass in the left chest posteriorly. This proved to be a superior ectopic thoracic kidney, which was easily identifiable on ultrasonography. The case is reported to stress the importance of recognizing thoracic kidneys in order to avoid unnecessary invasive investigations and/or thoracotomy.
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Fouda-Neel, K., Ahmed, S., Al-Bassam, A. et al. Superior ectopic thoracic kidney. Pediatr Surg Int 11, 172–173 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00183757
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