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Intrathoracic kidney: a ct-scanning view
Gholamreza Khakpour,H Sohrabpour +1 more
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Intravenous urography, sonography, and CT scanning revealed a thoracic kidney at the location previously thought to be a lung mass, the first report of a CT-scanning evaluation of thoracal kidney.Abstract:
We report a patient who was admitted to the department of medicine with palpitation, dyspnea and left flank pain, Chest X-ray revealed a mass in the left lung. The lesion was evaluated as a pulmonary tumor, with a high suspicion of malignancy. Intravenous urography, sonography, and CT scanning revealed a thoracic kidney at the location previously thought to be a lung mass. This is the first report of a CT-scanning evaluation of thoracic kidney. MJ/Rl, Vol.2, No.2, 161-163, 1988read more
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