Pelvic kidney
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A pelvic kidney is a kidney that is seen fixed in the bony pelvis or across the spine 1.
Epidemiology
Pelvic ectopia is seen in 1 in 2100-3000 autopsies.
Clinical presentation
These patients are asymptomatic. Renal tract pathology (e.g. infection, calculus) can affect pelvic kidneys and thus the referred pain is not typical for the renal tract and it may be confused for appendicitis or pelvic inflammatory disease.
Other signs and symptoms of ectopic kidneys include:
- incontinence
- palpable abdominal or pelvic mass
- urinary tract infection
- renovascular hypertension secondary to an anomalous blood supply (from the iliac arteries)
- dystocia from a pelvic kidney
Associations
Ectopic kidneys are often associated with other abnormalities such as agenesis of the opposite kidney, vascular malformations and genital anomalies.
Differential diagnosis
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