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{{short description|Malposition of the kidney}}
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[[File:Ectopic crossed fused kidney.jpg|thumb|Ectopic crossed fused kidney in a fetus approx. 34 weeks]]


'''Renal ectopia''' or '''ectopic kidney''' describes a [[kidney]] that is not located in its usual position. It results from the kidney failing to ascend from its origin in the [[Pelvic cavity|true pelvis]] or from a superiorly ascended kidney located in the [[thorax]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medindia.net/patients/patientinfo/ectopic-kidney.htm|title=Ectopic Kidney - Renal Ectopia - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications|date=18 March 2015|work=Medindia|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>
'''Ectopic kidney''' describes a [[kidney]] that is not located in its usual position ([[Ectopia (medicine)|ectopia]]). This condition results from the kidney failing to ascend from its origin in the [[Pelvic cavity|true pelvis]] or from a superiorly ascended kidney located in the [[thorax]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.medindia.net/patients/patientinfo/ectopic-kidney.htm|title=Ectopic Kidney - Renal Ectopia - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications|date=18 March 2015|work=Medindia|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>


It has an incidence of approximately 1/900.<ref name="titleEctopic Kidney">{{cite web |url=http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/Kudiseases/pubs/ectopicKidney/index.htm |title=Ectopic Kidney |accessdate=2007-12-01 |work=}}</ref>
It has an incidence of approximately 1/900.<ref name="titleEctopic Kidney">{{cite web |url=http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/Kudiseases/pubs/ectopicKidney/index.htm |title=Ectopic Kidney |accessdate=2007-12-01 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608141057/http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/ectopicKidney/index.htm |archive-date=2011-06-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Crossed dystopia]]
* [[Crossed dystopia]]


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Ectopic kidney
Other namesRenal ectopia
Ectopic crossed fused kidney in a fetus approx. 34 weeks
SpecialtyNephrology

Ectopic kidney describes a kidney that is not located in its usual position (ectopia). This condition results from the kidney failing to ascend from its origin in the true pelvis or from a superiorly ascended kidney located in the thorax.[1]

It has an incidence of approximately 1/900.[2]

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  1. ^ "Ectopic Kidney - Renal Ectopia - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications". Medindia. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Ectopic Kidney". Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
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