Ectopic Thoracic Kidney and End-Stage Renal Disease in a 38-Year-Old Nigerian

This patient is a 38-year-old housewife who presented with a one-month history of difficulty, in breathing, chest pain and bilateral leg swelling and had a blood pressure of 260/150 mmHg, features of malignant hypertension and hypertensive heart disease. Chest CT scan revealed a chest location of th...

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Main Authors: U. E. Ekrikpo, E. E. Effa, E. E. Akpan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Nephrology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/158494