Renal ectopia
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| Renal ectopia Classification and external resources |
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| ICD-10 | Q63.2 |
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| 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. Retrieved on 2007-12-01.
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