Renal ectopia
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| Renal ectopia | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | Q63.2 |
| ICD-9 | 753.3 |
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.
It has an incidence of approximately 1/1000.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Ectopic Kidney". http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/Kudiseases/pubs/ectopicKidney/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-01.
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