Acquired thoracic kidney

A 50-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and primary hyperparathyroidism was referred for evaluation of nephrolithiasis. She had been in a motor vehicle accident 17 years before presentation. After the accident, she did not require any surgical intervention. She was subsequently told that she had lost her left kidney after the incident and only had a right kidney. She had no symptoms otherwise. Her blood pressure was 148/88 mm  Hg, but other systems were unremarkable. A chest X-ray a year before the accident did not reveal an intrathoracic mass.
Source: Kidney International - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Tags: Nephrology Image Source Type: research