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'''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]]. |
'''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> |
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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 |work=}}</ref> |
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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 true pelvis or from a superiorly ascended kidney located in the thorax.[1] It has an incidence of approximately 1/900.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Ectopic Kidney - Renal Ectopia - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications". Medindia. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Ectopic Kidney". Retrieved 2007-12-01.
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