Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Case of pelvic Right kidney

This 40 year old male patient has a surprise in his abdomen. The right kidney is located in the right side of the pelvis, which is a variation from the normal. The normal position of the kidneys is the lumbar region. The right kidney should be seen in right renal fossa close to the liver. This variant is called pelvic kidney with this organ located just to the right of the urinary bladder.
see: http://www.ultrasound-images.com/kidneys.htm#Ectopic/%20Pelvic%20kidney